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Causal Ubiquity in Quantum Physics : A Superluminal and Local-Causal Physical Ontology.
Title:
Causal Ubiquity in Quantum Physics : A Superluminal and Local-Causal Physical Ontology.
Author:
Neelamkavil, Raphael.
ISBN:
9783653047011
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (364 pages)
Series:
Frau Minne und die Liebenden
Contents:
Cover -- Preface -- Contents -- Chapter 1. Introduction: The Law of Causality and Its Methodology -- 1.1. Some Ontological Questions in Quantum Physics -- 1.2. Universal Causality and Constancy of Nature -- 1.3. Purely Ontological Definition of Causality -- 1.4. Physical-ontological Definition of Causality -- 1.5. From Physical Causality to Universal Law of Causality -- 1.6. Statement of the Main Theses and Attitudes -- 1.7. Methodology of Causal Horizonal Research -- 1.8. Our Procedure of Study of Causality in QM -- Chapter 2. Recent Causal Realism in Quantum Physics -- 2.1. Way of Procedure of the Literature Review -- 2.2. Physicists and Ontologists on Orthodox and Causal QM -- 2.3. Quantum Ontologists on Realist Quantum Causality -- Chapter 3. The Law of Causality: Hume, Quine and Quantum Physics -- 3.1. The "What" of Causality in QM -- 3.2. Hume, Russell and Cartwright on Causation -- 3.3. From Particularist- to Universalist Causation and Regularity -- 3.4. Causality and Ontological Commitment: Beyond Quine -- 3.5. Way of Causal Solution in QM Ontology -- 3.6. Determinism and Causalism: General Considerations -- 3.7. Determinism and Causalism in QM: Details -- Chapter 4. Ontological and Probabilistic Causalisms -- 4.1. Causalism, Non-causalism, Probabilism, Probabilistic Causalism -- 4.2. Universal Law of Causality and Law of Regularity of Nature -- 4.3. Nature of the Causal / Non-causal Disjunction -- 4.4. Nature of Physical-Ontological Discourse -- 4.5. Involvement of Consciousness in Subjectivist QM -- Chapter 5. Laplacean Causalism in Quantum Physics -- 5.1. Ontology and Epistemology of Laplacean Causalism -- 5.2. Kernel of Laplacean Determinism Present in QM -- 5.3. Paradoxes of Laplacean Determinism in QM -- Chapter 6. Ontological Commitment in Quantum Physics -- 6.1. Objectual-ness, Ontological Commitment, Subjectivity, Objectivity.

6.2. Objectual-ness and Quinean Quantification -- 6.3. Ontological Commitment vs. the Quantum Concept -- Chapter 7. Causality in Some Quantum Experiments -- 7.1. Starting Point of Causal Arguments in QM -- 7.2. Black Body Radiation and Meaning of 'Quantum' -- 7.3. Wave-Particle Complementarity and Causality -- 7.4. Elements of Causation in QM Probabilism -- 7.5. Traditional Double Slit Experiment vs. Causality -- Chapter 8. Interpretations of Important Results in Quantum Physics -- 8.1. Hidden Variables Interpretation -- 8.2. Propensities- and Potentialities Interpretation -- 8.3. Copenhagen Complementarity Interpretation -- Chapter 9. Causality in the Epr Paradox: Part 1. The Physics -- 9.1. Non-causality, Causality, Subjectivity, Objectual-ness in EPR -- 9.2. Wave-, Particle- and Wavicle Natures -- 9.3. Essence of the EPR Entanglement Experiment -- 9.4. Causal Interpretation of the EPR Experiment in General -- 9.5. Causal Solution of the EPR Paradox: Detailed Discussion -- 9.6. "Upward" and "Downward" Causality -- Chapter 10. Causality in the Epr Paradox: Part 2. The Physical Ontology -- 10.1. Causal Realist Ontology in the Entanglement Experiment -- 10.2. Ontological Commitment and Causality in the EPR Paradox -- 10.3. Non-locality and Causality in the EPR Paradox -- 10.4. Causal Pervasiveness in QM -- Chapter 11. Causality in a New Double Slit Experiment and in EPR -- 11.1. A Recent Double Slit Experiment and the EPR Paradox -- 11.2. Classical Simultaneity in QM as Unacceptable -- 11.3. Meaning of Causality in the Uncertainty Principle -- 11.4. Causality vs. Phenomena-Noumena Continuity -- 11.5. Causal Existence vs. Instrumentalism over Mathematical Results -- 11.6. A Non-mechanistic, Non-probabilistic Causal Law -- Chapter 12. Causality in the Special Theory of Relativity -- 12.1. Source-Independence and Highest Velocity.

12.2. QM-STR Marriage and the Causal Paradox -- 12.3. Superluminality and Causality via STR Transformations -- 12.4. Consequences of Local-Causal STR and EPR -- 12.5. Luminally and Superluminally Causal Velocities -- Chapter 13. Micro-Physical and Cosmic Causal Continuity -- 13.1. Classical and Reformed Views of Causal Continuity -- 13.2. Causal Wavicles vs. Mathematical Description -- 13.3. Falkenburg on Physics and Mathematics of Wavicles -- 13.4. Physical Wavicle vs. Mathematical Wave / Particle -- 13.5. Causal Realism of Quantons -- 13.6. Micro-causal Solution to the Many Worlds Interpretation -- 13.7. Causal-Realistic Sinusoidal Wavicle Path -- Chapter 14. Conclusion: Causal Ubiquity in the Micro-World -- 14.1. Causal Extent in Ultra-quantal Causal Wavicle Realism -- 14.2. Causal Continuity and Ubiquity in QM Reality: A Summary -- 14.3. Important Results and Their Prospects -- Bibliography -- Index.
Abstract:
A fixed highest criterial velocity (of light) in STR (special theory of relativity) is a convention for a layer of physical inquiry. QM (Quantum Mechanics) avoids action-at-a-distance using this concept, but accepts non-causality and action-at-a-distance in EPR (Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen-Paradox) entanglement experiments. Even in such allegedly non-causal processes, something exists processually in extension-motion, between the causal and the non-causal. If STR theoretically allows real-valued superluminal communication between EPR entangled particles, quantum processes become fully causal. That is, the QM world is sub-luminally, luminally and superluminally local-causal throughout, and the Law of Causality is ubiquitous in the micro-world. Thus, probabilistic causality is a merely epistemic term.
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