caa a22 4500 467906076 CHVBK 20180406152834.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170328e20060901xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10701-006-9065-9 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10701-006-9065-9 Explaining the Un observed—Why Quantum Mechanics Ain't Only About Information [Elektronische Daten] [Amit Hagar, Meir Hemmo] A remarkable theorem by Clifton etal [Found Phys. 33(11), 1561-1591 (2003)] (CBH) characterizes quantum theory in terms of information-theoretic principles. According to Bub [Stud. Hist. Phil. Mod. Phys. 35 B, 241-266 (2004); Found. Phys. 35(4), 541-560 (2005)] the philosophical significance of the theorem is that quantum theory should be regarded as a "principle” theory about (quantum) information rather than a "constructive” theory about the dynamics of quantum systems. Here we criticize Bub's principle approach arguing that if the mathematical formalism of quantum mechanics remains intact then there is no escape route from solving the measurement problem by constructive theories. We further propose a (Wigner-type) thought experiment that we argue demonstrates that quantum mechanics on the information-theoretic approach is incomplete. Springer Science+Business Media, Inc., 2006 quantum information nationallicence collapse theories nationallicence crucial experiments nationallicence principle versus constructive theories nationallicence Hagar Amit HPSC Department, Indiana University, 47405, Bloomington, IN, USA aut Hemmo Meir Philosophy Department, University of Haifa, 31905, Haifa, Israel aut Foundations of Physics Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers; http://www.springer-ny.com 36/9(2006-09-01), 1295-1324 0015-9018 36:9<1295 2006 36 10701 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10701-006-9065-9 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10701-006-9065-9 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Hagar Amit HPSC Department, Indiana University, 47405, Bloomington, IN, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Hemmo Meir Philosophy Department, University of Haifa, 31905, Haifa, Israel aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Foundations of Physics Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers; http://www.springer-ny.com 36/9(2006-09-01), 1295-1324 0015-9018 36:9<1295 2006 36 10701 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer