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Tables of Contents for Quantum Mechanics
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Introduction
i
I. SCIENTIFIC AND HISTORICAL CONTEXT
Scientific Background
The Reality of the Quantum World
3
14
Quantum Nonlocalities: Experimental Evidence
17
24
Chaos and the Semiclassical Limit of Quantum Mechanics (Is the Moon There When Somebody Looks?)
41
14
Historical Antecedents
Formalism and Ontology in Early Astronomy
55
26
II. PHILOSOPHICAL INTERPRETATIONS OF QUANTUM MECHANICS
Epistemological and Ontological Issues Arising from Quantum Theory
81
18
Determinism Versus Indeterminism in Quantum Mechanics: A ``Free'' Choice
99
12
Some Worlds of Quantum Theory
111
30
The Tangled Story of Nonlocality in Quantum Mechanics
141
18
The Histories Interpretation of Quantum Theory And the Problem of Human/Divine Action
159
22
III. THEOLOGICAL ISSUES
Physical Process, Quantum Events, and Divine Agency
181
10
Generalizations: From Quantum Mechanics to God
191
20
Tracing the Lines: Constraint and Freedom In the Movement from Quantum Physics to Theology
211
24
Creation, Providence, and Quantum Chance
235
24
Quantum Theory and the Macroscopic World
259
34
Divine Action and Quantum Mechanics: A Fresh Assessment
293
36
Glossary
329
6
Contributors and Conference Participants
335
2
Name Index
337
4
Subject Index
341