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Fraassen, Bastiaan Cornelis Van was born in 1963 in Goes, Zeeland, Netherland. Son of Jan Bastiaan and Dina (Landman) Van Fraassen.
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In this book Van Fraassen develops an alternative to scientific realism by constructing and evaluating three mutually reinforcing theories.
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(These are the proceedings of the Workshop on Quantum Logi...)
These are the proceedings of the Workshop on Quantum Logic held in Erice (Sicily), December 2 - 9, 1979, at the Ettore Hajorana Centre for Scientific Culture. A conference of this sort was originally proposed by Giuliano Toraldo di Francia, who suggested the idea to Antonino Zichichi, and thus laid the foundation for the Workshop. To both of them we express our appreciation and thanks, also on behalf of the other participants, for having made this conference possible. There were approximately fifty participants; their names and institutions are listed in the text. Quantum logic, which has now a history of some forty or more years, has seen remarkable growth during the sixties and seventies. The papers in the present volume presuppose, by and large, some acquaintance with the elements of the subject. These may be found in the well-known books by J.H. Jauch (Foundations of Quantum Hechanics; Reading, 1968), V.S. Varadarajan (Geometry of Quantum Theory: Princeton, 1968), and C. Piron (Foundations of Quantum Theory; New York, 1976). The initial program for the conference listed about twenty-five invited papers. But in the context of a very active and qualified attendance, other contributions were offered. This volume contains all of them. The program listed six main topics: I. Classification or different areas of quantum logic, and open problems. II. Comparison and unification of different approaches to quantum theories; problems of interpretation. III. Formal quantum logic; axiomatics. IV. Hodal interpretations of quantum logic. v vi FOREWORD V. Quantum set theory.
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An introductory, historical survey of philosophical positions on space and time, through the special theory of relativity and the causal theory of time.
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Fraassen, Bastiaan Cornelis Van was born in 1963 in Goes, Zeeland, Netherland. Son of Jan Bastiaan and Dina (Landman) Van Fraassen.
Bachelor, University Atla., Canada, 1963. Master of Arts, University Pittsburgh, 1964. Doctor of Philosophy, University Pittsburgh, 1966.
Assistant professor philosophy Yale University, 1966-1968, associate professor, 1968-1969, University Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 1969-1972, professor, 1972-1982, United States.C., 1976-1982, Princeton University, New Jersey, since 1982.
(These are the proceedings of the Workshop on Quantum Logi...)
(An introductory, historical survey of philosophical posit...)
(In this book Van Fraassen develops an alternative to scie...)