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Zusatztext For anyone interested in how quantum information theory can possibly help us understand the world, Timpsons book is essential reading. For no matter what particular area of quantum information theory one is interested in, one will find a related discussion in Timpsons book that demonstrates how to think clearly about information in that context, what the crucial issues are, and how to properly navigate them. Informationen zum Autor Christopher G. Timpson read Physics and Philosophy as an undergraduate at Queen's College, Oxford, before going on to take the BPhil and DPhil in philosophy there. His DPhil thesis concerned philosophical aspects of quantum information theory. He then taught for three years at the University of Leeds as a Lecturer in the Department of Philosophy and Division of History and Philosophy of Science, before taking up a Tutorial Fellowship and CUF Lectureship at Brasenose College, Oxford in 2007. Klappentext Christopher G. Timpson provides the first full-length philosophical treatment of quantum information theory and the questions it raises for our understanding of the quantum world. He argues for an ontologically deflationary account of the nature of quantum information, which is grounded in a revisionary analysis of the concepts of information. Zusammenfassung Christopher G. Timpson provides the first full-length philosophical treatment of quantum information theory and the questions it raises for our understanding of the quantum world. He argues for an ontologically deflationary account of the nature of quantum information, which is grounded in a revisionary analysis of the concepts of information. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1: Introduction 2: What is Information? 3: Quantum Information Theory 4: Case Study: Teleportation 5: The Deutsch-Hayden Approach: Nonlocality, Entanglement, and Information Flow 6: Quantum Computation and the Church-Turing Hypothesis 7: Information and the Foundations of Quantum Mechanics: Preliminaries 8: Some Information-Theoretic Approaches 9: Quantum Bayesianism 1: The Proposal 10: Quantum Bayesianism 2: Challenges 11: Conclusions A: A Review of the Quantum Formalism B: Generalized Uncertainty Measures: Uffink's Axioms Bibliography Index ...
