Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- Permissions and Copyright Notices
- Permissions and Copyright Notices
- Part I Main Contributions to the EPR Debate in 1935
- 1 Einstein on EPR
- 2 Others on EPR
- 3 Schrödinger on EPR
- 4 Heisenberg on EPR
- 5 Bohr on EPR
- Part II Selected Pre-EPR Papers
- 6 Knowledge of Past and Future in Quantum Mechanics
- 7 On the Indeterminacy Relation
- 8 Bohr.Einstein Example
- Part III Core EPR Papers
- 9 Can Quantum-Mechanical Description of Physical Reality be Considered Complete?
- 10 Discussion of Probability Relations Between Separated Systems
- 11 The Present Situation in Quantum Mechanics
- 12 Note on the Quantum-Mechanical Theory of Measurement
- 13 Remarks on Measurements in Quantum Theory
- 14 Is a Deterministic Completion of Quantum Mechanics Possible?
- 15 The Natural-Philosophical Foundations of Quantum Mechanics (Excerpt)
- 16 Can Quantum-Mechanical Description of Physical Reality be Considered Complete?
- Part IV Other Reactions to EPR
- 17 The Correlation of Wave Functions with the States of Physical Systems
- 18 States and Reality of Physical Systems
- 19 Quantum Mechanics as a Physical Theory
- 20 The Observation of Canonically Conjugates
- 21 Quantum Mechanics and Physical Reality
- 22 Is the Quantum-Mechanical Description of Physical Reality Complete?
- 23 Physical Reality and Quantum Mechanics
- 24 Quantum-Mechanical Description
- 25 Quantum Mechanics and Physical Reality
- Part V Correspondence
- 26 Correspondence on the ‘Einstein Paradox’
- Envoi
- References
- Index
24 - Quantum-Mechanical Description
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 14 November 2024
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- Permissions and Copyright Notices
- Permissions and Copyright Notices
- Part I Main Contributions to the EPR Debate in 1935
- 1 Einstein on EPR
- 2 Others on EPR
- 3 Schrödinger on EPR
- 4 Heisenberg on EPR
- 5 Bohr on EPR
- Part II Selected Pre-EPR Papers
- 6 Knowledge of Past and Future in Quantum Mechanics
- 7 On the Indeterminacy Relation
- 8 Bohr.Einstein Example
- Part III Core EPR Papers
- 9 Can Quantum-Mechanical Description of Physical Reality be Considered Complete?
- 10 Discussion of Probability Relations Between Separated Systems
- 11 The Present Situation in Quantum Mechanics
- 12 Note on the Quantum-Mechanical Theory of Measurement
- 13 Remarks on Measurements in Quantum Theory
- 14 Is a Deterministic Completion of Quantum Mechanics Possible?
- 15 The Natural-Philosophical Foundations of Quantum Mechanics (Excerpt)
- 16 Can Quantum-Mechanical Description of Physical Reality be Considered Complete?
- Part IV Other Reactions to EPR
- 17 The Correlation of Wave Functions with the States of Physical Systems
- 18 States and Reality of Physical Systems
- 19 Quantum Mechanics as a Physical Theory
- 20 The Observation of Canonically Conjugates
- 21 Quantum Mechanics and Physical Reality
- 22 Is the Quantum-Mechanical Description of Physical Reality Complete?
- 23 Physical Reality and Quantum Mechanics
- 24 Quantum-Mechanical Description
- 25 Quantum Mechanics and Physical Reality
- Part V Correspondence
- 26 Correspondence on the ‘Einstein Paradox’
- Envoi
- References
- Index
Summary
This is a reprinting of Margenau’s response to EPR (and to some extent, his evaluation of previous responses to EPR by Bohr, Kemble and Ruark). Margenau’s contribution to the EPR debate is certainly one of the most original, no doubt at least in part due to the meaty correspondence he had with Einstein while producing it. Margenau’s main strategy in this paper is to argue against the standard collapse postulate of quantum mechanics, suggesting that the EPR argument only applies to quantum mechanics with this postulate added. He also argues against the statistical interpretation of the collapse postulate suggested by Kemble and others.
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- The Einstein ParadoxThe Debate on Nonlocality and Incompleteness in 1935, pp. 271 - 275Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2024