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sanet.st THE TRANSACTIONAL INTERPRETATION OF QUANTUM MECHANICS Providing a comprehensive exposition of the transactional interpretation (TI) of quantum mechanics,thisbookshedsnewlightonlong-standingproblemsinquantumtheorysuchas thephysicalmeaningofthe“BornRule”fortheprobabilitiesofmeasurementresults,and demonstratestheabilityofTItosolvethemeasurementproblemofquantummechanics.It provides robust refutations of various objections and challenges to TI, such as Maudlin’s inconsistency challenge, and explicitly extends TI into the relativistic domain, providing new insight into the basic compatibility of TI with relativity and the meaning of “virtual particles.”Itbreaksnewgroundinapproachestointerpretingquantumtheoryandpresents a compelling new ontological picture of quantum reality. This substantially revised and updated second edition is ideal for researchers and graduate students interested in the philosophy of physics and theinterpretationof quantummechanics. ruth e. kastner is a research asssaonceita.stte and member of the Foundations of PhysicsgroupatUniversityofMaryland,CollegePark(UMCP).Sheistherecipi- ent of two National Science Foundation awards for research in time symmetry issues and transactional interpretation, and of a 2021 Research Award from the Alumni Association of the University of Maryland. Published online by Cambridge University Press sanet.st Published online by Cambridge University Press THE TRANSACTIONAL INTERPRETATION OF QUANTUM MECHANICS A Relativistic Treatment Second Edition RUTH E. KASTNER UniversityofMaryland sanet.st Published online by Cambridge University Press UniversityPrintingHouse,CambridgeCB28BS,UnitedKingdom OneLibertyPlaza,20thFloor,NewYork,NY10006,USA 477WilliamstownRoad,PortMelbourne,VIC3207,Australia 314–321,3rdFloor,Plot3,SplendorForum,JasolaDistrictCentre,NewDelhi–110025,India 103PenangRoad,#05–06/07,VisioncrestCommercial,Singapore238467 CambridgeUniversityPressispartoftheUniversityofCambridge. ItfurtherstheUniversity’smissionbydisseminatingknowledgeinthepursuitof education,learning,andresearchatthehighestinternationallevelsofexcellence. www.cambridge.org Informationonthistitle:www.cambridge.org/9781108830447 DOI:10.1017/9781108907538 ©RuthE.Kastner2022 Thispublicationisincopyright.Subjecttostatutoryexception andtotheprovisionsofrelevantcollectivelicensingagreements, noreproductionofanypartmaytakeplacewithoutthewritten permissionofCambridgeUniversityPress. Firstpusbalinsehet.dst2022 AcataloguerecordforthispublicationisavailablefromtheBritishLibrary. ISBN978-1-108-83044-7Hardback CambridgeUniversityPresshasnoresponsibilityforthepersistenceoraccuracy ofURLsforexternalorthird-partyinternetwebsitesreferredtointhispublication anddoesnotguaranteethatanycontentonsuchwebsitesis,orwillremain, accurateorappropriate. Published online by Cambridge University Press THE TRANSACTIONAL INTERPRETATION OF QUANTUM MECHANICS Providing a comprehensive exposition of the transactional interpretation (TI) of quantum mechanics,thisbookshedsnewlightonlong-standingproblemsinquantumtheorysuchas thephysicalmeaningofthe“BornRule”fortheprobabilitiesofmeasurementresults,and demonstratestheabilityofTItosolvethemeasurementproblemofquantummechanics.It provides robust refutations of various objections and challenges to TI, such as Maudlin’s inconsistency challenge, and explicitly extends TI into the relativistic domain, providing new insight into the basic compatibility of TI with relativity and the meaning of “virtual particles.”Itbreaksnewgroundinapproachestointerpretingquantumtheoryandpresents a compelling new ontological picture of quantum reality. This substantially revised and updated second edition is ideal for researchers and graduate students interested in the philosophy of physics and theinterpretationof quantummechanics. ruth e. kastner is a research asssaonceita.stte and member of the Foundations of PhysicsgroupatUniversityofMaryland,CollegePark(UMCP).Sheistherecipi- ent of two National Science Foundation awards for research in time symmetry issues and transactional interpretation, and of a 2021 Research Award from the Alumni Association of the University of Maryland. Published online by Cambridge University Press sanet.st Published online by Cambridge University Press THE TRANSACTIONAL INTERPRETATION OF QUANTUM MECHANICS A Relativistic Treatment Second Edition RUTH E. KASTNER UniversityofMaryland sanet.st Published online by Cambridge University Press UniversityPrintingHouse,CambridgeCB28BS,UnitedKingdom OneLibertyPlaza,20thFloor,NewYork,NY10006,USA 477WilliamstownRoad,PortMelbourne,VIC3207,Australia 314–321,3rdFloor,Plot3,SplendorForum,JasolaDistrictCentre,NewDelhi–110025,India 103PenangRoad,#05–06/07,VisioncrestCommercial,Singapore238467 CambridgeUniversityPressispartoftheUniversityofCambridge. ItfurtherstheUniversity’smissionbydisseminatingknowledgeinthepursuitof education,learning,andresearchatthehighestinternationallevelsofexcellence. www.cambridge.org Informationonthistitle:www.cambridge.org/9781108830447 DOI:10.1017/9781108907538 ©RuthE.Kastner2022 Thispublicationisincopyright.Subjecttostatutoryexception andtotheprovisionsofrelevantcollectivelicensingagreements, noreproductionofanypartmaytakeplacewithoutthewritten permissionofCambridgeUniversityPress. Firstpusbalinsehet.dst2022 AcataloguerecordforthispublicationisavailablefromtheBritishLibrary. ISBN978-1-108-83044-7Hardback CambridgeUniversityPresshasnoresponsibilityforthepersistenceoraccuracy ofURLsforexternalorthird-partyinternetwebsitesreferredtointhispublication anddoesnotguaranteethatanycontentonsuchwebsitesis,orwillremain, accurateorappropriate. Published online by Cambridge University Press THE TRANSACTIONAL INTERPRETATION OF QUANTUM MECHANICS Providing a comprehensive exposition of the transactional interpretation (TI) of quantum mechanics,thisbookshedsnewlightonlong-standingproblemsinquantumtheorysuchas thephysicalmeaningofthe“BornRule”fortheprobabilitiesofmeasurementresults,and demonstratestheabilityofTItosolvethemeasurementproblemofquantummechanics.It provides robust refutations of various objections and challenges to TI, such as Maudlin’s inconsistency challenge, and explicitly extends TI into the relativistic domain, providing new insight into the basic compatibility of TI with relativity and the meaning of “virtual particles.”Itbreaksnewgroundinapproachestointerpretingquantumtheoryandpresents a compelling new ontological picture of quantum reality. This substantially revised and updated second edition is ideal for researchers and graduate students interested in the philosophy of physics and theinterpretationof quantummechanics. ruth e. kastner is a research asssaonceita.stte and member of the Foundations of PhysicsgroupatUniversityofMaryland,CollegePark(UMCP).Sheistherecipi- ent of two National Science Foundation awards for research in time symmetry issues and transactional interpretation, and of a 2021 Research Award from the Alumni Association of the University of Maryland. Published online by Cambridge University Press
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