Dedication

pp v-vi

Contents

pp vii-x

List of Contributors

pp xi-xii

Preface

pp xiii-xiv

Acknowledgements

pp xv-xvi

1 - Protective measurement: an introduction

pp 1-12

Part I - Fundamentals and applications

pp 13-14

2 - Protective measurement of the wave function of a single system

pp 15-27

3 - Protective measurement, postselection and the Heisenberg representation

pp 28-38

4 - Protective and state measurement: a review

pp 39-62

5 - Determination of the stationary basis from protective measurement on a single system

pp 63-67

6 - Weak measurement, the energy–momentum tensor and the Bohm approach

pp 68-90

Part II - Meanings and implications

pp 91-92

7 - Measurement and metaphysics

pp 93-106

8 - Protective measurement and the explanatory gambit

pp 107-118

9 - Realism and instrumentalism about the wave function: how should we choose?

pp 119-134

10 - Protective measurement and the PBR theorem

pp 135-144

11 - The roads not taken: empty waves, wave function collapse and protective measurement in quantum theory

pp 145-163

12 - Implications of protective measurement on de Broglie–Bohm trajectories

pp 164-179

13 - Entanglement, scaling, and the meaning of the wave function in protective measurement

pp 180-194

14 - Protective measurement and the nature of the wave function within the primitive ontology approach

pp 195-210

15 - Reality and meaning of the wave function

pp 211-229

Index

pp 230-233