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The Foundations of Quantum Mechanics, Historical Analysis and Open Questions - Cesena 2004

Cesena, Italy, 4-9 Ocober 2004

By: Claudio Garola,Arcangelo Rossi,Sandro Sozzo

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The Foundations of Quantum Mechanics, Historical Analysis and Open Questions - Cesena 2004

Cesena, Italy, 4-9 Ocober 2004

By: Claudio Garola,Arcangelo Rossi,Sandro Sozzo

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Quantum Structures in Cognitive and Social Science

By: Diederik Aerts,Jan Broekaert,Liane Gabora,Sandro Sozzo

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Quantum Structures in Cognitive and Social Science

By: Diederik Aerts,Jan Broekaert,Liane Gabora,Sandro Sozzo

Traditional approaches to cognitive psychology correspond with a classical view of logic and probability theory. More specifically, one typically assumes that cognitive processes of human thought are founded on the Boolean structures of classical logic, while the probabilistic aspects of these processes are based on the Kolmogorovian structures of classical probability theory. However, growing experimental evidence indicates that the models founded on classical structures systematically fail when human decisions are at stake. These experimental deviations from classical behavior have been called `paradoxes’, `fallacies’, `effects’ or `contradictions’, depending on the specific situation where they appear. But, they involve a broad spectrum of cognitive and social science domains, ranging from conceptual combination to decision making under uncertainty, behavioral economics, and linguistics. This situation has constituted a serious drawback to the development of various disciplines, like cognitive science, linguistics, artificial intelligence, economic modeling and behavioral finance. A different approach to cognitive psychology, initiated two decades ago, has meanwhile matured into a new domain of research, called ‘quantum cognition’. Its main feature is the use of the mathematical formalism of quantum theory as modeling tool for these cognitive situations where traditional classically based approaches fail. Quantum cognition has recently attracted the interest of important journals and editing houses, academic and funding institutions, popular science and media. Specifically, within a quantum cognition approach, one assumes that human decisions do not necessarily obey the rules of Boolean logic and Kolmogorovian probability, and can on the contrary be modeled by the quantum-mechanical formalism. Different concrete quantum-theoretic models have meanwhile been developed that successfully represent the cognitive situations that are classically problematical, by explaining observed deviations from classicality in terms of genuine quantum effects, such as `contextuality’, `emergence’, `interference’, `superposition’, `entanglement’ and `indistinguishability’. In addition, the validity of these quantum models is convincingly confirmed by new experimental tests. We also stress that, since the use of a quantum-theoretic framework is mainly for modeling purposes, the identification of quantum structures in cognitive processes does not presuppose (without being incompatible with it) the existence of microscopic quantum processes in the human brain. In this Research Topic, we review the major achievements that have been obtained in quantum cognition, by providing an accurate picture of the state-of-the-art of this emerging discipline. Our overview does not pretend to be either complete or exhaustive. But, we aim to introduce psychologists and social scientists to this challenging new research area, encouraging them, at the same time, to consider its promising results. It is our opinion that, if continuous progress in this domain can be realized, quantum cognition can constitute an important breakthrough in cognitive psychology, and potentially open the way towards a new scientific paradigm in social science.

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The Foundations of Quantum Mechanics, Historical Analysis and Open Questions - Cesena 2004

Cesena, Italy, 4-9 Ocober 2004

By: Claudio Garola,Arcangelo Rossi,Sandro Sozzo

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The Foundations of Quantum Mechanics, Historical Analysis and Open Questions - Cesena 2004

Cesena, Italy, 4-9 Ocober 2004

By: Claudio Garola,Arcangelo Rossi,Sandro Sozzo

This volume provides a unique overview of recent Italian studies on the foundations of quantum mechanics and related historical, philosophical and epistemological topics. A gathering of scholars from diverse cultural backgrounds, the conference provided a forum for a fascinating exchange of ideas and perspectives on a range of open questions in quantum mechanics. The varied nature of the papers in this volume attests to the achievement of that aim with many contributions providing original solutions to established problems by taking into account recommendations from different disciplines. Contents: If Bertlmann had Three Feet (A Afriat); Macroscopic Interpretability of Quantum Component Systems (R Ascoli); Entanglement State Preparation in Experiments on Quantum Non-Locality (V Berardi & A Garuccio); Mathematics and Epistemology in Planck''s Theoretical Work (1898OCo1915) (P Campogalliani); The Electromagnetic Conception of Nature and the Origins of Quantum Physics (E A Giannetto); An Objective Background for Quantum Theory Relaying on Thermodynamic Concepts (L Lanz & B Vacchini); The Entrance of Quantum Mechanics in Italy: From Garbasso to Fermi (M Leone & N Robotti); Antonio Gramsci''s Reflection on Quantum Mechanics (I Tassani); The Role of Logic and Mathematics in the Heisenberg Formulation of Quantum Mechanics (A Venezia); Space-Time at the Planck Scale: The Quantum Computer View (P A Zizzi); and other papers. Readership: Physicists interested in the foundation of quantum mechanics; historians interested in the history and development of modern physics; philosophers interested in the epistemology and philosophy of modern physics.

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The Foundations of Quantum Mechanics, Historical Analysis and Open Questions - Cesena 2004

The Foundations of Quantum Mechanics, Historical Analysis and Open Questions - Cesena 2004

Quantum Structures in Cognitive and Social Science

Quantum Structures in Cognitive and Social Science

The Foundations of Quantum Mechanics, Historical Analysis and Open Questions - Cesena 2004

The Foundations of Quantum Mechanics, Historical Analysis and Open Questions - Cesena 2004

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