Overview

Quantum theories are a better approximation to reality than classical physics.

“I’m not happy with all the analyses that go with just classical theory, because nature isn’t classical, dammit”

Richard Feynman

Interpretations

• Hidden-Variable Interpretations
  • Bohmian Mechanics
• Dynamical Collapse Interpretations
  • https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/qm-collapse/
• Quantum Bayesianism
  • The Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics by Tom Banks
• Everett (many-worlds) Interpretation
  • Why the Many-Worlds Formulation of Quantum Mechanics Is Probably Correct by Sean Carroll
• Relational Quantum Mechanics
  • What is quantum mechanics trying to tell us? by N. David Mermin
  • Relational Quantum Mechanics by Carlo Rovelli
• Quantum Mechanics Without State Vectors
  • The Trouble with Quantum Mechanics by Steven Weinberg
  • Quantum Mechanics Without State Vectors by Steven Weinberg
• The Cellular Automaton Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics
  • The Cellular Automaton Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics by Gerard 't Hooft

Recommended Resources:

• For an quick overview, see http://www.preposterousuniverse.com/blog/2014/05/29/quantum-mechanics-smackdown/
• For an overview see https://arxiv.org/pdf/1703.08341.pdf
• A good book on the topic is Roland Omnes, Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics, Princeton U. Press, Princeton, 1994.

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