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JOHN VON NEUMANN AND THE FOUNDATIONS OF QUANTUM PHYSICS
Contributors
Brandl/Brandl, Breuer, Bub, Ferrari, Galavotti, Giuntini / Laudisa, Grünbaum, Köhler, Majer, Mittelstaedt, Moormann, Petz, Rédei, Reicher, Ribeiro, Salmon,
Siegmund-Schultze, Stöltzner, Summers, Szabó, Thirring, Wilholt
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Table of Contents
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Editorial
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Introduction
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1
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ARTICLES
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WALTER THIRRING , J. v. Neumann's Influence in Mathematical Physics
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ULRICH MAJER , The Axiomatic Method and the Foundations
of Science:
Historical Roots of Mathematical Physics in Göttingen (1900-1930)
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11
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MICHAEL STÖLTZNER, Opportunistic Axiomatics - von
Neumann
on the Methodology of Mathematical Physics
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35
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JEFFREY BUB , Von Neumann's Theory of Quantum Measurement
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63
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THOMAS BREUER, Von Neumann, Gödel and Quantum Incompleteness
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75
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DÉNES PETZ, Entropy, von Neumann and the von Neumann Entropy |
83
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ECKEHART KÖHLER, Why von Neumann Rejected Carnap's
Dualism of Information
Concepts |
97
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STEPHEN J. SUMMERS, On the Stone - von Neumann Uniqueness
Theorem and Its
Ramifications |
135
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MIKLÓS RÉDEI, Von Neumann's Concept of Quantum Logic
and Quantum Probability
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153
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ROBERTO GIUNTINI, FEDERICO LAUDISA, The Impossible
Causality:
the No Hidden Variables Theorem of John von Neumann |
173
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PETER MITTELSTAEDT, Quantum Mechanics without Probabilities
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189
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LÁSZLÓ E. SZABÓ, Critical Reflections on Quantum Probability Theory
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201
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UNPUBLISHED LETTERS AND LECTURES BY JOHN VON NEUMANN
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Editors' Notes
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221
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Unpublished Correspondence |
225
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Unsolved Problems in Mathematics (1954) |
231
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Amsterdam Talk about "Problems in Mathematics" (1954
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247
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Quantum Mechanics of Infinite Systems (1935/6)
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249
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B. GENERAL PART
REPORT - DOCUMENTATION
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ADOLF GRÜNBAUM, A New Critique of Theological Interpretations
of Physical Cosmology (7th Vienna Circle Lecture) |
269
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WESLEY C. SALMON, "Scientific Understanding in the Twentieth Century
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289
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HENRIQUE JALES RIBEIRO, From Russell's Logical Atomism
to Carnap's Aufbau:
Reinterpreting the Classic and Modern Theories on the Subject
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305
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Review Essay
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MASSIMO FERRARI, Recent Work on Otto Neurath |
319
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REVIEWS
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Michael Friedman, Reconsidering Logical Positivism. Cambridge
Cambridge University Press, 1999
(Thomas Moormann) |
329
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Wesley C. Salmon, Causality and Explanation. New York. New York
Oxford University Press, 1998
(Maria Carla Galavotti)
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333
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Karin Gerner, Hans Reichenbach - sein Leben und Wirken. Osnabrück
Phoebe-Autorenpress 1997
(Reinhard Siegmund-Schultze)
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337
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Barry Smith, Herbert Hochberg (Eds.), Austrian Realism:
From Aristotelian Roots
to the Vienna Circle . (Monist 83, no. 1, 2000)
((Maria E. Reicher)
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340
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Paolo Mancosu, From Brouwer To Hilbert: The Debate on
the Foundations of
Mathematics in 1920s. New York, Oxford:
Oxford University Press, 1998
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344
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James Robert Brown, Philosophy of Mathematics: An Introduction
to the World
of Proofs and Pictures. London, New York
Routledge, 1999
(Ulrich Majer)
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344
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John Blackmore (Ed.), Ludwig Boltzmann: Troubled Genius
as Philosopher. Dordrecht:
Kluwer 1999 (Synthese 119)
(Torsten Wilholt)
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349
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Kurt Blaukopf, Unterwegs zur Musiksoziologie. Auf der
Suche nach Heimat
und Standort, annotated by Reinhard Müller. Graz-Wien:
Nausner&Nausner, 1998
(Andrea Lindmayr-Brandl und Johannes L. Brandl)
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353
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Claus-Dieter Krohn, Patrik von zur Mühlen, Gerhard Paul, Lutz Winckler
(Eds.),
Handbuch der deutschsprachigen Emigration 1933-1945
Darmstadt:
Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, 1998
(Hans-Joachim Dahms)
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353
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ACTIVITIES OF THE IVC |
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Activities 2000 |
361
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Preview 2000/2001 |
362
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Research Projects / Workshops |
364
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Publications |
364
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Library and Documentation |
365
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Index of Names |
367
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