A Phenomenological Approach to Quantum Mechanics: Cutting the Chain of Correlations – PDF

Steven French offers a groundbreaking interpretation of quantum physics that challenges traditional views. Drawing on the philosophical ideas of Husserl, French presents a fresh analysis of Fritz London and Edmund Bauer’s 1939 discussion on measurement in quantum mechanics. Despite the widespread referencing of their ‘little book’, it has been misunderstood, leading to an important debate regarding consciousness and measurement. French argues that London, under the influence of Husserlian phenomenology, brought a unique perspective to the topic. By exploring this perspective, French introduces a revolutionary understanding of quantum mechanics that acknowledges the role of consciousness in a fundamentally different manner than conventional beliefs. This alternative viewpoint opens up new avenues of exploration and sheds new light on the collaboration between London and Bauer.

The theory has mostly been approached from the perspective of the so-called ‘analytic’ tradition in philosophy. However, there has been a recent surge of interest in ‘continental’ approaches, and this book makes a significant new contribution to these developments. By intertwining history and philosophy, it delves into London’s background in physics and phenomenology, while also providing an overview of phenomenology as developed by Husserl, Gurwitsch, Merleau-Ponty, and others. The book includes a detailed analysis of measurement work with Bauer, and concludes by comparing the London and Bauer understanding with perspectives offered by Fuch’s QBism, Everett’s ‘Many Worlds’ interpretation, and Rovelli’s Relational Quantum Mechanics. This exploratory work aims to open up new avenues of thought regarding one of our most fundamental physical theories.

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