Jeffrey A. Barrett
Jeffrey A. Barrett is Chancellor's Professor in Logic and Philosophy of Science at the University of California, Irvine. He is known for his work on the measurement problem of quantum mechanics (why and how quantum systems collapse when one measures them), and particularly on the many-worlds interpretation of Hugh Everett.
His book The Quantum Mechanics of Minds and Worlds (Oxford University Press, 2000) concerns this problem and its solutions,[1] and his book with Peter Byrne, The Everett Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics: Collected Works 1955-1980 with Commentary (Princeton University Press, 2012) collects the works of Everett himself on this problem.[2]
References[]
- ^ Reviews of The Quantum Mechanics of Minds and Worlds:
- Arageorgis, Aristidis (June 2001), The Review of Metaphysics, 54 (4): 904–905, JSTOR 20131625CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
- Becker, Lon (July 2001), The Philosophical Review, 110 (3): 482–484, doi:10.2307/2693670, JSTOR 2693670CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
- Saunders, S. (October 2001), Mind, 110 (440): 1039–1043, doi:10.1093/mind/110.440.1039CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
- Myrvold, Wayne (September 2002), Philosophy of Science, 69 (3): 536–538, doi:10.1086/342458, S2CID 125572230CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
- ^ Reviews of Everett Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics. Collected Works:
- Bacciagaluppi, Guido (September 2013), HOPOS: The Journal of the International Society for the History of Philosophy of Science, 3 (2): 348–352, doi:10.1086/671743CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
- Sauer, Tilman (November 2013), The British Journal for the History of Science, 46 (4): 731–732, doi:10.1017/s0007087413000812CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
- Lehner, Christoph (March 2015), Isis, 106 (1): 220–221, doi:10.1086/681886CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
- Richmond, Sheldon (2015), "Review", Philosophy in Review, 35 (3)
External links[]
- Jeffrey A. Barrett's UC Irvine web page
- Jeffrey A. Barrett's preprints
- Everett's Relative-State Formulation of Quantum Mechanics - Barrett's article on Hugh Everett III's formulation of quantum mechanics in the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.
Categories:
- American logicians
- University of California, Irvine faculty
- Living people