Bohmian Mechanics and the Quantum Revolution
Quantum Physics
2007-05-23 v1
Abstract
This is a review-essay on ``Speakable and Unspeakable in Quantum Mechanics'' by John Bell and ``The Undivided Universe: An Ontological Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics'' by David Bohm and Basil Hiley. The views of these authors concerning the character of quantum theory and quantum reality---and, in particular, their approaches to the issues of nonlocality, the possibility of hidden variables, and the nature of and desiderata for a satisfactory scientific explanation of quantum phenomena---are contrasted, with each other and with the orthodox approach to these issues.
Cite
@article{arxiv.quant-ph/9512027,
title = {Bohmian Mechanics and the Quantum Revolution},
author = {Sheldon Goldstein},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:quant-ph/9512027},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
20 pages, LaTeX, to appear in Synthese 106, February 1996