Laudisa, Federico (2023) The Information-Theoretic View of Quantum Mechanics and the Measurement Problem(s)_version forthcoming in EJPS 2023. [Preprint]

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Abstract

Until recently Jeffrey Bub and Itamar Pitowsky, in the framework of an information-theoretic view of quantum mechanics, claimed first that to the measurement problem in its ordinary formulation there correspond in effect two measurement problems (simply called the big and the small measurement problems), with a different degree of relevance and, second, that the analysis of a quantum measurement is a problem only if other assumptions – taken by Pitowsky and Bub to be unnecessary ‘dogmas’ – are assumed. Here I critically discuss this unconventional stance on the measurement problem and argue that the Bub-Pitowsky arguments are inconclusive, mainly because they rely on an unwarranted extension to the quantum realm of a distinction concerning the foundations of special relativity which is in itself rather controversial.

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Item Type:	Preprint
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID Laudisa, Federico federico.laudisa@unitn.it
Keywords:	Information-Theoretic View of Quantum Mechanics; Measurement Problem; Principle vs. Constructive Theories; Dynamics vs. Kinematics; Special Relativity
Subjects:	Specific Sciences > Physics > Quantum Mechanics Specific Sciences > Physics > Relativity Theory
Depositing User:	Prof. Federico Laudisa
Date Deposited:	06 Mar 2023 14:21
Last Modified:	06 Mar 2023 14:21
Item ID:	21836
Subjects:	Specific Sciences > Physics > Quantum Mechanics Specific Sciences > Physics > Relativity Theory
Date:	2023
URI:	https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/21836

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