Alt Title
Pandora's Cat: On the Common Structure of Bohmian Mechanics and the Ghirardi–Rimini–Weber Theory||On the Common Structure of Bohmian Mechanics and the Ghirardi–Rimini–Weber Theory: Dedicated to GianCarlo Ghirardi on the occasion of his 70th birthday
Document Type
Article
Abstract
Bohmian mechanics and the Ghirardi–Rimini–Weber theory provide opposite resolutions of the quantum measurement problem: the former postulates additional variables (the particle positions) besides the wave function, whereas the latter implements spontaneous collapses of the wave function by a nonlinear and stochastic modification of Schrödinger's equation. Still, both theories, when understood appropriately, share the following structure: They are ultimately not about wave functions but about ‘matter’ moving in space, represented by either particle trajectories, fields on space-time, or a discrete set of space-time points. The role of the wave function then is to govern the motion of the matter.
DOI
10.1093/bjps/axn012
Publication Date
7-11-2008
Recommended Citation
Valia Allori, Sheldon Goldstein, Roderich Tumulka, and Nino Zanghì. "On the Common Structure of Bohmian Mechanics and the Ghirardi–Rimini–Weber Theory: Dedicated to GianCarlo Ghirardi on the occasion of his 70th birthday." Br J Philos Sci (2008) 59 (3): 353-389 first published online July 11, 2008 doi:10.1093/bjps/axn012
Original Citation
Valia Allori, Sheldon Goldstein, Roderich Tumulka, and Nino Zanghì. "On the Common Structure of Bohmian Mechanics and the Ghirardi–Rimini–Weber Theory: Dedicated to GianCarlo Ghirardi on the occasion of his 70th birthday." Br J Philos Sci (2008) 59 (3): 353-389 first published online July 11, 2008 doi:10.1093/bjps/axn012
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Department
Department of Philosophy
Legacy Department
Department of Philosophy
Language
eng
Comments
This is a pre-copyedited, author-produced PDF of an article accepted for publication in the British Journal of the Philosophy of Science following peer review. The version of record: Valia Allori, Sheldon Goldstein, Roderich Tumulka, and Nino Zanghì. "On the Common Structure of Bohmian Mechanics and the Ghirardi–Rimini–Weber Theory: Dedicated to GianCarlo Ghirardi on the occasion of his 70th birthday." Br J Philos Sci (2008) 59 (3): 353-389 first published online July 11, 2008 doi:10.1093/bjps/axn012 is available online at: http://bjps.oxfordjournals.org/content/59/3/353.abstract?sid=3748ccd0-fc6f-4d1b-bc39-88f5b7b7b454.