Article ID: CBB764113299

Consistent histories through pragmatist lenses (2023)

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This article adopts a bottom-up approach to theory interpretation, following the slogan “meaning is use”, and applies it to quantum mechanics. I argue that it fits very well with the Consistent Histories formulation of quantum mechanics, interpreted in a particular way that is not the interpretation favoured by original proponents of the formulation. I examine the difficulties and advantages of this interpretation.

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Authors & Contributors
Amani, Parisa
Ariew, André
Batterman, Robert W.
Berg, Hein van den
Berson, Jerome A.
Cresto, Eleonora
Journals
Studies in History and Philosophy of Science
Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C: Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences
Archives Internationales d'Histoire des Sciences
Berichte zur Wissenschaftsgeschichte
British Journal for the Philosophy of Science
Foundations of Chemistry
Publishers
Cambridge University Press
Kluwer
Oxford University Press
Springer
Michigan State Univeristy
Concepts
Explanation; hypotheses; theories
Reasoning in science
Philosophy of science
Pragmatism; instrumentalism
Methodology of science; scientific method
Causality
People
Bohr, Niels Henrik David
Kant, Immanuel
Avery, Oswald Theodore
Bachstrom, Johann Friedrich
Boltzmann, Ludwig
Born, Max
Time Periods
20th century, early
18th century
20th century, late
21st century
17th century
19th century
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