Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- Permissions and Copyright Notices
- Permissions and Copyright Notices
- Part I Main Contributions to the EPR Debate in 1935
- 1 Einstein on EPR
- 2 Others on EPR
- 3 Schrödinger on EPR
- 4 Heisenberg on EPR
- 5 Bohr on EPR
- Part II Selected Pre-EPR Papers
- 6 Knowledge of Past and Future in Quantum Mechanics
- 7 On the Indeterminacy Relation
- 8 Bohr.Einstein Example
- Part III Core EPR Papers
- 9 Can Quantum-Mechanical Description of Physical Reality be Considered Complete?
- 10 Discussion of Probability Relations Between Separated Systems
- 11 The Present Situation in Quantum Mechanics
- 12 Note on the Quantum-Mechanical Theory of Measurement
- 13 Remarks on Measurements in Quantum Theory
- 14 Is a Deterministic Completion of Quantum Mechanics Possible?
- 15 The Natural-Philosophical Foundations of Quantum Mechanics (Excerpt)
- 16 Can Quantum-Mechanical Description of Physical Reality be Considered Complete?
- Part IV Other Reactions to EPR
- 17 The Correlation of Wave Functions with the States of Physical Systems
- 18 States and Reality of Physical Systems
- 19 Quantum Mechanics as a Physical Theory
- 20 The Observation of Canonically Conjugates
- 21 Quantum Mechanics and Physical Reality
- 22 Is the Quantum-Mechanical Description of Physical Reality Complete?
- 23 Physical Reality and Quantum Mechanics
- 24 Quantum-Mechanical Description
- 25 Quantum Mechanics and Physical Reality
- Part V Correspondence
- 26 Correspondence on the ‘Einstein Paradox’
- Envoi
- References
- Index
1 - Einstein on EPR
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 14 November 2024
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- Permissions and Copyright Notices
- Permissions and Copyright Notices
- Part I Main Contributions to the EPR Debate in 1935
- 1 Einstein on EPR
- 2 Others on EPR
- 3 Schrödinger on EPR
- 4 Heisenberg on EPR
- 5 Bohr on EPR
- Part II Selected Pre-EPR Papers
- 6 Knowledge of Past and Future in Quantum Mechanics
- 7 On the Indeterminacy Relation
- 8 Bohr.Einstein Example
- Part III Core EPR Papers
- 9 Can Quantum-Mechanical Description of Physical Reality be Considered Complete?
- 10 Discussion of Probability Relations Between Separated Systems
- 11 The Present Situation in Quantum Mechanics
- 12 Note on the Quantum-Mechanical Theory of Measurement
- 13 Remarks on Measurements in Quantum Theory
- 14 Is a Deterministic Completion of Quantum Mechanics Possible?
- 15 The Natural-Philosophical Foundations of Quantum Mechanics (Excerpt)
- 16 Can Quantum-Mechanical Description of Physical Reality be Considered Complete?
- Part IV Other Reactions to EPR
- 17 The Correlation of Wave Functions with the States of Physical Systems
- 18 States and Reality of Physical Systems
- 19 Quantum Mechanics as a Physical Theory
- 20 The Observation of Canonically Conjugates
- 21 Quantum Mechanics and Physical Reality
- 22 Is the Quantum-Mechanical Description of Physical Reality Complete?
- 23 Physical Reality and Quantum Mechanics
- 24 Quantum-Mechanical Description
- 25 Quantum Mechanics and Physical Reality
- Part V Correspondence
- 26 Correspondence on the ‘Einstein Paradox’
- Envoi
- References
- Index
Summary
This chapter details not only the prehistory of EPR but also examines the structure and logic of the EPR paper – including Einstein’s own preferred version of the argument for incompleteness. We here attempt a seamless interweaving of the excellent extant literature with additional details that have emerged from our work and the recent work of others. Some examples of new aspects in this prehistory of EPR include evidence of a ‘proto’ photon-box thought experiment Einstein had developed in connection with his ill-starred collaboration with Emil Rupp in 1926. We also describe the potential importance to this prehistory of Einstein’s paper with Tolman and Podolsky and of Einstein’s seminar and discussions with Schrödinger in Berlin in the early 1930s.
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- The Einstein ParadoxThe Debate on Nonlocality and Incompleteness in 1935, pp. 3 - 35Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2024