Itamar Pitowsky
Biographic Data
| ID | 448630 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Itamar Pitowsky |
| GIVEN NAMES | Itamar |
| FAMILY NAME | Pitowsky |
| SIGNATURE | PITOWSKY I |
| AFFILIATIONS | Hebrew University of Jerusalem |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 12 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 12 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1982 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Quantum probability and many worlds
On the definition of equilibrium
Generalizations of Kochen and Specker's theorem and the effectiveness of Gleason's theorem
Betting on the outcomes of measurements
Probability and Nonlocality in Many Minds Interpretations of Quantum Mechanics
We argue that certain types of many minds (and many worlds) interpretations of quantum mechanics, e.g. Lockwood ([1996a]), Deutsch ([1985]) do not provide a coherent interpretation of the quantum mechanical probabilistic algorithm. By contrast, in Albert and Loewer's ([1988]) version of the many minds interpretation, there is a coherent interpretation of the quantum mechanical probabilities. We consider Albert and Loewer's probability interpretat…
Quantum Speed-up of Computations
Church-Turing Thesis as saying something about the scope and limitations of physical computing machines. Although this was not the intention of Church or Turing, the Physical Church Turing thesis is interesting in its own right. Consider, for example, Wolfram’s formulation: One can expect in fact that universal computers are as powerful in their computational capabilities as any physically realizable system can be, that they can simulate any phys…
Local Fluctuations and Local Observers in Equilibrium Statistical Mechanics
Laplace's demon consults an oracle
George Boole's ‘Conditions of Possible Experience’ and the Quantum Puzzle
In the mid-nineteenth century George Boole formulated his ‘conditions of possible experience’. These are equations and ineqaulities that the relative frequencies of (logically connected) events must satisfy. Some of Boole's conditions have been rediscovered in more recent years by physicists, including Bell inequalities, Clauser Horne inequalities, and many others. In this paper, the nature of Boole's conditions and their relation to propositiona…
On the status of statistical inferences
Unified Field Theory and the Conventionality of Geometry
The existence of fields besides gravitation may provide us with a way to decide empirically whether spacetime is really a nonflat Riemannian manifold or a flat Minkowskian manifold that appears curved as a result of gravitational distortions. This idea is explained using a modification of Poincaré's famous ‘diskworld’
Substitution and Truth in Quantum Logic
If p ( x 1 , ..., x n ) and q ( x 1 ..., x n ) are two logically equivalent propositions then p ( π ( x 1 ), ..., π( x n )) and q ( π ( x 1 ), ..., π ( x n )) are also logically equivalent where π is an arbitrary permutation of the elementary constituents x 1 , ..., x n . In Quantum Logic the invariance of logical equivalences breaks down. It is proved that the distribution rules of classical logic are in fact equivalent to the meta-linguistic ru…
Quantum Speed-up of Computations
Church-Turing Thesis as saying something about the scope and limitations of physical computing machines. Although this was not the intention of Church or Turing, the Physical Church Turing thesis is interesting in its own right. Consider, for example, Wolfram’s formulation: One can expect in fact that universal computers are as powerful in their computational capabilities as any physically realizable system can be, that they can simulate any phys…
George Boole's ‘Conditions of Possible Experience’ and the Quantum Puzzle
In the mid-nineteenth century George Boole formulated his ‘conditions of possible experience’. These are equations and ineqaulities that the relative frequencies of (logically connected) events must satisfy. Some of Boole's conditions have been rediscovered in more recent years by physicists, including Bell inequalities, Clauser Horne inequalities, and many others. In this paper, the nature of Boole's conditions and their relation to propositiona…
Probability and Nonlocality in Many Minds Interpretations of Quantum Mechanics
We argue that certain types of many minds (and many worlds) interpretations of quantum mechanics, e.g. Lockwood ([1996a]), Deutsch ([1985]) do not provide a coherent interpretation of the quantum mechanical probabilistic algorithm. By contrast, in Albert and Loewer's ([1988]) version of the many minds interpretation, there is a coherent interpretation of the quantum mechanical probabilities. We consider Albert and Loewer's probability interpretat…
Unified Field Theory and the Conventionality of Geometry
The existence of fields besides gravitation may provide us with a way to decide empirically whether spacetime is really a nonflat Riemannian manifold or a flat Minkowskian manifold that appears curved as a result of gravitational distortions. This idea is explained using a modification of Poincaré's famous ‘diskworld’
Substitution and Truth in Quantum Logic
If p ( x 1 , ..., x n ) and q ( x 1 ..., x n ) are two logically equivalent propositions then p ( π ( x 1 ), ..., π( x n )) and q ( π ( x 1 ), ..., π ( x n )) are also logically equivalent where π is an arbitrary permutation of the elementary constituents x 1 , ..., x n . In Quantum Logic the invariance of logical equivalences breaks down. It is proved that the distribution rules of classical logic are in fact equivalent to the meta-linguistic ru…
Unified Field Theory and the Conventionality of Geometry
The existence of fields besides gravitation may provide us with a way to decide empirically whether spacetime is really a nonflat Riemannian manifold or a flat Minkowskian manifold that appears curved as a result of gravitational distortions. This idea is explained using a modification of Poincaré's famous ‘diskworld’
On the status of statistical inferences
George Boole's ‘Conditions of Possible Experience’ and the Quantum Puzzle
In the mid-nineteenth century George Boole formulated his ‘conditions of possible experience’. These are equations and ineqaulities that the relative frequencies of (logically connected) events must satisfy. Some of Boole's conditions have been rediscovered in more recent years by physicists, including Bell inequalities, Clauser Horne inequalities, and many others. In this paper, the nature of Boole's conditions and their relation to propositiona…
Laplace's demon consults an oracle
Local Fluctuations and Local Observers in Equilibrium Statistical Mechanics
Quantum Speed-up of Computations
Church-Turing Thesis as saying something about the scope and limitations of physical computing machines. Although this was not the intention of Church or Turing, the Physical Church Turing thesis is interesting in its own right. Consider, for example, Wolfram’s formulation: One can expect in fact that universal computers are as powerful in their computational capabilities as any physically realizable system can be, that they can simulate any phys…
Betting on the outcomes of measurements
Probability and Nonlocality in Many Minds Interpretations of Quantum Mechanics
We argue that certain types of many minds (and many worlds) interpretations of quantum mechanics, e.g. Lockwood ([1996a]), Deutsch ([1985]) do not provide a coherent interpretation of the quantum mechanical probabilistic algorithm. By contrast, in Albert and Loewer's ([1988]) version of the many minds interpretation, there is a coherent interpretation of the quantum mechanical probabilities. We consider Albert and Loewer's probability interpretat…
Generalizations of Kochen and Specker's theorem and the effectiveness of Gleason's theorem
On the definition of equilibrium
Quantum probability and many worlds
Physics (11 works) · Mathematics (10 works) · Quantum mechanics (10 works) · Computer Science (9 works) · Quantum Mechanics and Applications (9 works) · Theoretical physics (8 works) · Quantum (7 works) · Philosophy and History of Science (6 works) · Epistemology (5 works) · Mathematical economics (5 works)