Reconstructing Quantum Theory

Martin Drieschner, Th. Görnitz, Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker

Michael Dickson

Jessica Oddan

Alexei Grinbaum

A paradigmatic shift in the foundations of quantum mechanics is recorded, from interpreting to reconstructing quantum theory. Examples of reconstruction are analyzed, and conceptual foundations of the information-theoretic reconstruction developed. A concept of intentionally incomplete reconstruction is introduced to mark the novel content of research in the foundation of quantum theory.

Alexei Grinbaum

What belongs to quantum theory is no more than what is needed for its derivation. We argue for an approach focusing on reconstruction rather than interpretation of quantum mechanics and analyze several examples of reconstruction. We submit that reconstruction advances our understanding of quantum theory irrespective of one's ontological stance.

Peter Mittelstaedt