Article ID: CBB001024196

Classes of Copenhagen Interpretations: Mechanisms of Collapse as Typologically Determinative (2010)

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The Copenhagen interpretation of quantum mechanics is the dominant view of the theory among working physicists, if not philosophers. There are, however, several strains of Copenhagenism extant, each largely accepting Born's assessment of the wave function as the most complete possible specification of a system and the notion of collapse as a completely random event. This paper outlines three of these sub-interpretations, typing them by what the author of each names as the trigger of quantum-mechanical collapse. Visions of the theory from von Neumann, Heisenberg, and Wheeler offer different mechanisms to break the continuous, deterministic, superposition-laden quantum chain and yield discrete, probabilistic, classical results in response to von Neumann's catastrophe of infinite regress.

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Authors & Contributors
Camilleri, Kristian
Stuewer, Roger H.
Rigden, John S.
Rechenberg, Helmut
Plotnitsky, Arkady
Peters, Klaus-Heinrich
Concepts
Physics
Quantum mechanics
Theoretical physics
Atomic, nuclear, and particle physics
Philosophy of science
Complementarity
Time Periods
20th century
20th century, early
Places
Germany
Copenhagen (Denmark)
Soviet Union
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