Quantum Mechanics: Some Questions

Abstract

This initial chapter is devoted to a brief, critical review of the major conceptual difficulties that permeate the whole of quantum mechanics, especially when it is interpreted within the framework of the (mainstream or orthodox) Copenhagen school. The text is written for a reader who is interested in these issues and ready to accept that no interpretationInterpretation of quantum mechanics is free of conceptual difficulties, which require some repair. A short overview of the contents of the book is included at the end of the chapter, guided by the leitmotif of the theory presented, namely, that quantization can be understood as an emergent phenomenon arising from a deeper stochastic process. Specifically, the permanent interaction between matter and the zero-point radiation field is shown, chapter by chapter, to give rise to quantum features of both, field and matter. An appendix to the chapter provides a concise introduction to the Probability interpretation!ensembleensemble Ensembleinterpretation ofProbability interpretation probability, a much extended Probabilities!extendednotion among physicists, but hardly discussed in the literature.