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Abstract
Jeff Bub has developed an information-theoretic interpretation of quantum mechanics on the basis of the programme to reaxiomatise the theory in terms of information-theoretic principles. According to the most recent version of the interpretation, reaxiomatisation can dissolve some of the demands for explanation traditionally associated with the task of providing an interpretation for the theory. The key idea is that the real lesson we should take away from quantum mechanics is that the ‘structure of information’ is not what we thought it was. In particular a feature of the new structure is intrinsic randomness of measurement, which allegedly dissolves a significant part of the measurement problem. I argue that it is difficult to find an appropriate argument to support the claim that measurement is intrinsically random in the relevant sense.
Jeff Bub已经发展了一个量子力学的信息理论解释，这个解释是基于信息理论原理重新公理化的程序。根据解释的最新版本，公理化可以消除一些传统上与提供理论解释任务相关的解释要求。关键的观点是，我们应该从量子力学中得到的真正教训是，“信息结构”并不是我们想象的那样。特别是，新结构的一个特点是测量的内在随机性，据称这解决了测量问题的一个重要部分。我认为很难找到一个合适的论据来支持测量在相关意义上本质上是随机的说法。
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Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics is devoted to all aspects of the history and philosophy of modern physics broadly understood, including physical aspects of astronomy, chemistry and other non-biological sciences. The primary focus is on physics from the mid/late-nineteenth century to the present, the period of emergence of the kind of theoretical physics that has come to dominate the exact sciences in the twentieth century. The journal is internationally oriented with contributions from a wide range of perspectives. In addition to purely historical or philosophical papers, the editors particularly encourage papers that combine these two disciplines.
The editors are also keen to publish papers of interest to physicists, as well as specialists in history and philosophy of physics.
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