Chiatti, Leonardo (2014) “Quantum Physics and Philosophical Problems”; Some Notes on a Paper by V. Fock Forty Years After His Death. [Preprint]

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Some observations are presented on the well-known article by Vladimir Fock, "Quantum Physics and Philosophical Problems," published in 1971. In this article, which crowns and summarizes for Western readers a long and complicated reflection on the foundations of quantum mechanics (QM), Fock illustrates his "minimal" interpretation of this theory. By minimal we mean that it only uses concepts related to the operational aspects of the measurement procedures, avoiding any mention to definite quantum onthologies (Bell's beables). It is argued that, by taking into account the time reversal invariance of the microscopic processes and introducing the notion of irreversibility in an appropriate manner, Fock's description becomes an anticipation of the "transaction" notion introduced by Cramer a decade later.

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Item Type:	Preprint
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID Chiatti, Leonardo fisica1.san@asl.vt.it
Keywords:	Vladimir A. Fock; Relativity to the means of observation; Transactional Interpretation; Hylozoism
Subjects:	Specific Sciences > Physics > Quantum Mechanics
Depositing User:	Dr Leonardo Chiatti
Date Deposited:	27 Mar 2014 17:19
Last Modified:	27 Mar 2014 17:19
Item ID:	10581
Subjects:	Specific Sciences > Physics > Quantum Mechanics
Date:	27 March 2014
URI:	https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/10581

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