Doctoral Dissertation Research: Developing a New Framework for Analyzing the Information-Theoretic Interpretation of Quantum Theory

这项博士论文改进基金将支持研究人员（博士候选人）在西安大略大学罗特曼哲学研究所进行一个学期的研究。在该研究所，研究人员将与他的专业领域（量子物理学基础）的两位专家合作。他将与这些专家一起开发一个本体框架，以表征量子信息，作为量子力学的基础方法。他的导师提倡一种基于原理的方法来研究量子信息，这就留下了潜在本体论问题的开放性。研究人员将表明，原理方法是不完整的，并且它不能很好地与理论家在某些积极研究背景下使用量子信息理论原理的方式相吻合。该项目的跨学科影响不仅会在哲学界传播，也会在相关领域工作的物理学家中传播。它会对研究者在课堂内外的教学产生影响。他计划设计一门量子理论基础的高级本科课程，可以在哲学系和物理系交叉上市。此外，他还计划通过普通听众讲座和罗特曼赞助的博客文章来参与科学界的宣传活动。

This doctoral dissertation improvement grant will support the investigator, a PhD candidate, for one semester of research at the Rotman Institute of Philosophy at the University of Western Ontario. At the Institute, the researcher will work with two specialists in his area of specialty, the foundations of quantum physics. He will work with these experts to develop an ontological framework for characterizing quantum information as a foundational approach to quantum mechanics. His mentor advocates a principle-based approach to quantum information, which leaves open the question of the underlying ontology. The researcher will show that the principle approach is incomplete, and that it does not mesh well with the ways in which theorists use quantum information-theoretic principles in some contexts of active research. The project's interdisciplinary impact will be disseminated not just within the philosophical community, but also to physicists working in related fields. It will have an impact on the researcher's teaching both inside and outside of the classroom. He plans to design an upper-level undergraduate course in the foundations of quantum theory, which could be cross-listed in philosophy and physics departments. In addition, he plans to engage in scientific community outreach through general audience lectures, and Rotman sponsored blog posts.