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   • CommentTimeNov 9th 2022
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   Format: MarkdownItexadded pointer to: * [[Edward MacKinnon]], *Interpreting Physics -- Language and the Classical/QuantumDivide*, Springer (2012) &lbrack;[doi:10.1007/978-94-007-2369-6](https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-2369-6)&rbrack; (I was looking for references which one might point to concerning the term "quantum/classical divide". For instance, who actually introduced that specific term? People use it to refer to Bohr's writings, but Bohr never wrote down the specific words "quantum/classical divide", did he?) <a href="https://ncatlab.org/nlab/revision/diff/interpretation+of+quantum+mechanics/21">diff</a>, <a href="https://ncatlab.org/nlab/revision/interpretation+of+quantum+mechanics/21">v21</a>, <a href="https://ncatlab.org/nlab/show/interpretation+of+quantum+mechanics">current</a>

   added pointer to:

   • Edward MacKinnon, Interpreting Physics – Language and the Classical/QuantumDivide, Springer (2012) [doi:10.1007/978-94-007-2369-6]

   (I was looking for references which one might point to concerning the term “quantum/classical divide”. For instance, who actually introduced that specific term? People use it to refer to Bohr’s writings, but Bohr never wrote down the specific words “quantum/classical divide”, did he?)

   diff, v21, current

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   Format: MarkdownItexAdded more references * Jagdish Mehra, *The quantum principle: Its interpretation and epistemology*, Dialectica **27** 2 (1973) 75-157 &lbrack;[jstor:42968519](https://www.jstor.org/stable/42968519)&rbrack; * [[Eugene P. Wigner]], *Epistemology of Quantum Mechanics*, Part I in: [[Jagdish Mehra]] (ed.), *Philosophical Reflections and Syntheses* Vol B.VI in: *The Collected Works of Eugene Wigner*, Springer (1973) &lbrack;[doi:10.1007/978-3-642-78374-6_5](https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-78374-6_5)&rbrack; * [[Daniel Greenberger]], [[Wolfgang L. Reiter]], [[Anton Zeilinger]], *Epistemological and Experimental Perspectives on Quantum Physics*, Vienna Circle Institute Yearbook (VCIY) **7** (1999) &lbrack;[doi:10.1007/978-94-017-1454-9](https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-1454-9)&rbrack; * Florian J. Boge, *Quantum Mechanics Between Ontology and Epistemology*, European Studies in Philosophy of Science (ESPS) **10**, Springer (2008) &lbrack;[doi:10.1007/978-3-319-95765-4](https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-95765-4)&rbrack; and brought the list into chronological order <a href="https://ncatlab.org/nlab/revision/diff/interpretation+of+quantum+mechanics/25">diff</a>, <a href="https://ncatlab.org/nlab/revision/interpretation+of+quantum+mechanics/25">v25</a>, <a href="https://ncatlab.org/nlab/show/interpretation+of+quantum+mechanics">current</a>

   Added more references

   • Jagdish Mehra, The quantum principle: Its interpretation and epistemology, Dialectica 27 2 (1973) 75-157 [jstor:42968519]

   • Eugene P. Wigner, Epistemology of Quantum Mechanics, Part I in: Jagdish Mehra (ed.), Philosophical Reflections and Syntheses Vol B.VI in: The Collected Works of Eugene Wigner, Springer (1973) [doi:10.1007/978-3-642-78374-6_5]

   • Daniel Greenberger, Wolfgang L. Reiter, Anton Zeilinger, Epistemological and Experimental Perspectives on Quantum Physics, Vienna Circle Institute Yearbook (VCIY) 7 (1999) [doi:10.1007/978-94-017-1454-9]

   • Florian J. Boge, Quantum Mechanics Between Ontology and Epistemology, European Studies in Philosophy of Science (ESPS) 10, Springer (2008) [doi:10.1007/978-3-319-95765-4]

   and brought the list into chronological order

   diff, v25, current

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   Format: MarkdownItexadded pointer to: * [[N. David Mermin]], *What's Wrong with this Pillow?*, Physics Today **42** 4 (1989) 9–11 &lbrack;[doi:10.1063/1.2810963](https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2810963)&rbrack; for the catch-phrase "shut up and calculuate". <a href="https://ncatlab.org/nlab/revision/diff/interpretation+of+quantum+mechanics/28">diff</a>, <a href="https://ncatlab.org/nlab/revision/interpretation+of+quantum+mechanics/28">v28</a>, <a href="https://ncatlab.org/nlab/show/interpretation+of+quantum+mechanics">current</a>

   added pointer to:

   • N. David Mermin, What’s Wrong with this Pillow?, Physics Today 42 4 (1989) 9–11 [doi:10.1063/1.2810963]

   for the catch-phrase “shut up and calculuate”.

   diff, v28, current

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   • CommentTimeJul 30th 2023
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   Format: MarkdownItexadded ([here](https://ncatlab.org/nlab/show/interpretation+of+quantum+mechanics#Everett57a)) the original articles by Everett (actually a good read: eloquent, insightful and well-defended, whether one agrees with the "logic" or not) <a href="https://ncatlab.org/nlab/revision/diff/interpretation+of+quantum+mechanics/32">diff</a>, <a href="https://ncatlab.org/nlab/revision/interpretation+of+quantum+mechanics/32">v32</a>, <a href="https://ncatlab.org/nlab/show/interpretation+of+quantum+mechanics">current</a>

   added (here) the original articles by Everett

   (actually a good read: eloquent, insightful and well-defended, whether one agrees with the “logic” or not)

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   • CommentTimeJul 31st 2023
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   Format: MarkdownItexadded pointer to: * [[Max Tegmark]], *The Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics: Many Worlds or Many Words?*, Fortsch. Phys. **46** (1998) 855-862 &lbrack;[arXiv:quant-ph/9709032](https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/9709032)&rbrack; <a href="https://ncatlab.org/nlab/revision/diff/interpretation+of+quantum+mechanics/34">diff</a>, <a href="https://ncatlab.org/nlab/revision/interpretation+of+quantum+mechanics/34">v34</a>, <a href="https://ncatlab.org/nlab/show/interpretation+of+quantum+mechanics">current</a>

   added pointer to:

   • Max Tegmark, The Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics: Many Worlds or Many Words?, Fortsch. Phys. 46 (1998) 855-862 [arXiv:quant-ph/9709032]

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   • CommentTimeAug 3rd 2023
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   Author: Urs
   Format: MarkdownItexadded pointer to: * [[Hans Primas]], *Pioneer Quantum Mechanics and its Interpretation*, Ch. 3 in: *Chemistry, Quantum Mechanics and Reductionism*, Springer (1983) &lbrack;[doi:10.1007/978-3-642-69365-6](https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-69365-6)&rbrack; <a href="https://ncatlab.org/nlab/revision/diff/interpretation+of+quantum+mechanics/37">diff</a>, <a href="https://ncatlab.org/nlab/revision/interpretation+of+quantum+mechanics/37">v37</a>, <a href="https://ncatlab.org/nlab/show/interpretation+of+quantum+mechanics">current</a>

   added pointer to:

   • Hans Primas, Pioneer Quantum Mechanics and its Interpretation, Ch. 3 in: Chemistry, Quantum Mechanics and Reductionism, Springer (1983) [doi:10.1007/978-3-642-69365-6]

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   Format: MarkdownItexadded ([here](https://ncatlab.org/nlab/show/interpretation+of+quantum+mechanics#PrimasStatementOfCopenhagen)) the 8 "theses" proposed by Primas (1983), condensing what the "Copenhagen interpretation" actually says <a href="https://ncatlab.org/nlab/revision/diff/interpretation+of+quantum+mechanics/37">diff</a>, <a href="https://ncatlab.org/nlab/revision/interpretation+of+quantum+mechanics/37">v37</a>, <a href="https://ncatlab.org/nlab/show/interpretation+of+quantum+mechanics">current</a>

   added (here) the 8 “theses” proposed by Primas (1983), condensing what the “Copenhagen interpretation” actually says

   diff, v37, current

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   • CommentTimeApr 16th 2024
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   Format: MarkdownItexadded pointer to: * [[Jürg Fröhlich]], *A Brief Review of the "ETH-Approach to Quantum Mechanics"*, Frontiers in Analysis and Probability. Springer (2020) Cham. &lbrack;[arXiv:1905.06603](https://arxiv.org/abs/1905.06603), [doi:10.1007/978-3-030-56409-4_2](https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-56409-4_2)&rbrack; <a href="https://ncatlab.org/nlab/revision/diff/interpretation+of+quantum+mechanics/42">diff</a>, <a href="https://ncatlab.org/nlab/revision/interpretation+of+quantum+mechanics/42">v42</a>, <a href="https://ncatlab.org/nlab/show/interpretation+of+quantum+mechanics">current</a>

   added pointer to:

   • Jürg Fröhlich, A Brief Review of the “ETH-Approach to Quantum Mechanics”, Frontiers in Analysis and Probability. Springer (2020) Cham. [arXiv:1905.06603, doi:10.1007/978-3-030-56409-4_2]

   diff, v42, current