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Non-standard Quantum Interpretations

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Einstein’s Struggles with Quantum Theory

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From the time of Bohr’s Como paper in 1928, the Copenhagen interpretation reigned supreme for several decades. Indeed supporters of the Copenhagen interpretation, such as Leon Rosenfeld and Rudolf Peierls,1 disliked even the use of the term ‘Copenhagen interpretation’, for it suggested that this was one interpretation, possibly among many conceivable ones. For them, the conceptual structures of Bohr and Heisenberg were not an adjunct to quantum theory, but a clear and indispensable component of the theory. Einstein, as we have seen at length, disliked the Copenhagen interpretation. Perhaps as much as or even more then the interpretation itself, he disliked the fact that its supporters considered it immune from criticism, so that no questioning would be taken seriously, and certainly any alternative interpretation would be ruled out of court without being given even fair attention.

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(2007). Non-standard Quantum Interpretations. In: Einstein’s Struggles with Quantum Theory. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-71520-9_10

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