The following is an excerpt from an Appendix of my forthcoming book, Understanding Our Unseen Reality: Resolving Quantum Riddles (Imperial College Press). In the book, quantum states (‘kets’) are represented by triangles. The proof of Pusey, Barrett and Rudolph demonstrates that quantum states cannot be taken as approximate descriptions of underlying, hidden properties. To present … Continue reading Why quantum theory isn’t a shell game (PBR Theorem for the layperson) →

The Maudlin challenge (see this blog post for details) was a worthy criticism that spurred  further development of TI. However, it is not at all the fatal objection that it was taken to be for over a decade. The final version of the refutation of the Maudlin challenge including Marchildon's approach, published in SHPMP, can … Continue reading TI is alive and well… →

Blog Post: http://fmoldove.blogspot.com/ Review: The Transactional Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics KASTNER RUTH E. Cambridge University Press, 2013; v + 224 pp.; $101.95 (hardback) BRIAN HEPBURN (2013). Dialogue, ">Volume 52, Issue02, June 2013 pp 401-403 http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?aid=9051369

Maudlin’s Challenge Refuted:  A Reply to Lewis R. E. Kastner University of Maryland, College Park 10 March 2014 ABSTRACT.  Lewis has recently argued that Maudlin’s contingent absorber experiment remains a significant problem for the Transactional Interpretation (TI).  He argues that the only straightforward way to resolve the challenge is by describing the absorbers as offer … Continue reading Reply to Peter Lewis — to appear in SHPMP →

Welcome! Here you will find information about the latest, relativistic version of the transactional interpretation of quantum mechanics, 'RTI', blog posts, and an opportunity for informal discussion. The transactional interpretation (TI) is a new way of understanding what's behind the formalism of  quantum physics. My CV is available here. The 2nd edition of my book … Continue reading Welcome! →

Extract: "There have been many objections to the TI over the years, most famously by Tim Maudlin in his book Quantum Nonlocality and Relativity.This is where Kastner comes into her own, with her own updated version of TI called 'possibilist transactional interpretation'which keeps all the key ideas of Cramer but extends the philosophical basis of … Continue reading New review of my book by M. Probert →

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