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4.1 Introduction 4.1 Introduction
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4.2 Abridged introduction to quantum mechanics 4.2 Abridged introduction to quantum mechanics
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4.3 Quantum superposition, entanglement, and quantum nonlocality 4.3 Quantum superposition, entanglement, and quantum nonlocality
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4.4 Experimental instantiations of quantum weirdness 4.4 Experimental instantiations of quantum weirdness
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4.5 RBW on the interpretational issues of quantum mechanics 4.5 RBW on the interpretational issues of quantum mechanics
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4.6 RBW and quantum information theory 4.6 RBW and quantum information theory
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4.7 Philosophy of Physics for Chapter 4 Introduction 4.7 Philosophy of Physics for Chapter 4 Introduction
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4.8 Contextual emergence defined 4.8 Contextual emergence defined
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4.9 RBW and ontological spatiotemporal contextuality: A subset of ontological contextual emergence 4.9 RBW and ontological spatiotemporal contextuality: A subset of ontological contextual emergence
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4.10 A realist, psi-epistemic account 4.10 A realist, psi-epistemic account
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Foundational Physics for Chapter 4 Foundational Physics for Chapter 4
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4.11 The Schrödinger equation 4.11 The Schrödinger equation
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4.12 The Mermin experiment explained via RBW 4.12 The Mermin experiment explained via RBW
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4.13 The adynamical global constraint of RBW 4.13 The adynamical global constraint of RBW
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4.14 RBW analysis of the twin-slit experiment 4.14 RBW analysis of the twin-slit experiment
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4 Relational Blockworld and Quantum Mechanics
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Published:February 2018
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Abstract
The main thread of chapter 4 introduces some of the major mysteries and interpretational issues of quantum mechanics (QM). These mysteries and issues include: quantum superposition, quantum nonlocality, Bell’s inequality, entanglement, delayed choice, the measurement problem, and the lack of counterfactual definiteness. All these mysteries and interpretational issues of QM result from dynamical explanation in the mechanical universe and are dispatched using the authors’ adynamical explanation in the block universe, called Relational Blockworld (RBW). A possible link between RBW and quantum information theory is provided. The metaphysical underpinnings of RBW, such as contextual emergence, spatiotemporal ontological contextuality, and adynamical global constraints, are provided in Philosophy of Physics for Chapter 4. That is also where RBW is situated with respect to retrocausal accounts and it is shown that RBW is a realist, psi-epistemic account of QM. All the relevant formalism for this chapter is provided in Foundational Physics for Chapter 4.
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