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Strzałka czasu a niektóre interpretacje mechaniki kwantowej
Time Arrow and Some Interpretations Of Quantum Mechanics

Author(s): Marek Łagosz
Subject(s): Philosophy
Published by: Towarzystwo Naukowe KUL & Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski Jana Pawła II
Keywords: time arrow; EPR-experiment; Schrödinger's equation; time (a)symetry; time- reversal invariance; quantal measurements; "hidden variables"

Summary/Abstract: In the paper I discuss some premises of “quantum mechanics” with regard to the thesis that the time arrow does (not) exist. In this context I consider above all the famous Einstein- Podolsky-Rosen’s experiment (EPR-experiment). I also indicate Schrödinger’s interpretation of wave function “symmetrical” towards time (nomological isotropy) and the peculiar understanding of the pair particle-antiparticle, assuming that the direction of time can be reversed. Eventually, I discuss the issue of measurement in quantum mechanics with which the existence of time arrow (anisotropy) is often linked. If it comes to the interpretations of quantum mechanics, from the point of which I consider the issues in question, then in principle I limit myself to two: the so-called Copenhagen interpretation and David Bohm’s conception of “hidden parameters.” I arrive at a conclusion that the premises of quantum mechanics that are at issue here cannot be sufficient grounds for a conclusive recognition of the reversibility (non-existence) of time arrow.

  • Issue Year: 54/2006
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 391-411
  • Page Count: 21
  • Language: Polish
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