Published In
Speculations in Science and Technology
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1978
Subjects
Gödel's theorem, System theory, Metaphysics, Science and religion
Abstract
The measurement problem in quantum mechanics has the character of a fundamental incompleteness within that theory similar to the incompleteness of axiomatic systems in mathematics, discovered and elaborated by Gödel and others. The difficulty of describing the measurement process by the time-dependent Schrodinger equation may reflect the limitations of formal language , and quantum theory may thus require a formalism consisting of two levels of description, one for the dynamics and one for measurement, levels whose relationship resembles that of a calculus and meta-calculus.
Rights
Reprinted from Speculations in Science and Technology, Vol. 1, No. 2 1978 pages 135-145 with permission of Kluwer Law International.
Persistent Identifier
https://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/42824
Citation Details
Zwick, M. (1978). Quantum measurement and Gödel’s proof. Speculations in Science and Technology, 1(2), 135-145.
Description
This paper was sent to Gödel who responded with the attached letter. See the additional file below.