Are the Laws of Quantum Logic Laws of Nature?

Autor:	Peter Mittelstaedt
Rok vydání:	2012
Předmět:	Philosophy Open quantum system Quantum network Theoretical physics History and Philosophy of Science Categorical quantum mechanics Quantum process Quantum operation General Social Sciences Quantum algorithm Quantum information Quantum statistical mechanics Mathematics
Zdroj:	Journal for General Philosophy of Science. 43:215-222
ISSN:	1572-8587 0925-4560
DOI:	10.1007/s10838-012-9195-z
Popis:	The main goal of quantum logic is the bottom-up reconstruction of quantum mechanics in Hilbert space. Here we discuss the question whether quantum logic is an empirical structure or a priori valid. There are good reasons for both possibilities. First, with respect to the possibility of a rational reconstruction of quantum mechanics, quantum logic follows a priori from quantum ontology and can thus not be considered as a law of nature. Second, since quantum logic allows for a reconstruction of quantum mechanics, self-referential consistency requires that the empirical content of quantum mechanics must be compatible with the presupposed quantum ontology. Hence, quantum ontology contains empirical components that are also contained in quantum logic. Consequently, in this sense quantum logic is also a law of nature.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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