Some relevant books

  • P.W. Bridgman, The logic of modern physics, MacMillan Cy., New York, 1927.
  • W. Heisenberg, The physical principles of quantum theory, Dover Publications, Inc., 1930.
  • J. von Neumann, Mathematische Grundlagen der Quantenmechanik, Springer, Berlin, 1932; English translation: Mathematical foundations of quantum mechanics, Princeton Univ. Press, 1955.
  • Albert Einstein: Philosopher--Scientist, P.A. Schilpp, ed., The Library of Living Philosophers, 1949.
  • H. Margenau, The Nature of Physical Reality, McGraw--Hill, New York, 1950.
  • L. de Broglie, La thermodynamique de la particule isolée, Gauthier--Villars, 1964.
  • C.G. Hempel, Philosophy of natural science, Prentice-Hall, Inc., Englewood Cliffs, 1966.
  • J.M. Jauch, Foundations of Quantum Mechanics, Addison--Wesley Publ. Cy., Reading Mass., 1966.
  • A. Petersen, Quantum Physics and the Philosophical Tradition, M.I.T. Press, Cambridge, Mass., 1968.
  • The Born-Einstein Letters, Correspondence between Albert Einstein and Max and Hedwig Born from 1916 to 1955 with commentaries by Max Born, Walker and Company, New York, 1971.
  • E. Scheibe, The logical analysis of quantum mechanics, Pergamon Press, Oxford, etc., 1973.
  • M. Jammer, The philosophy of quantum mechanics, Wiley, New York, 1974.
  • E.B. Davies, Quantum Theory of Open Systems, Academic Press, London, 1976.
  • B. d'Espagnat, Conceptual Foundations of Quantum Mechanics, W.A. Benjamin, Inc., Reading, Mass., 1976.
  • C. Helstrom, Quantum detection and estimation theory, Academic Press, New York, 1976.
  • F. Suppe, The structure of scientific theories, University of Illinois Press, Urbana, Chicago, London, 1977.
  • B.C. van Fraassen, The scientific image, Clarendon, 1980.
  • A.S. Holevo, Probabilistic and Statistical Aspects of Quantum Theory, North--Holland, Amsterdam, 1982.
  • J. Mehra and H. Rechenberg, The historical development of quantum theory, Springer-Verlag, 1982.
  • Karl R. Popper, Quantum Theory and the Schism in Physics, edited by W.W. Bartley III, Rowman & Allanheld, Totowa, NJ, 1982.
  • K. Kraus, States, effects, and operations, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg, New York, Tokyo, 1983.
  • H. Primas, Chemistry, quantum mechanics, and reductionism, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1983.
  • Quantum Theory and Measurement, eds. J.A. Wheeler and W.H. Zurek, Princeton Univ. Press, 1983.
  • N. Bohr, Collected Works, J. Kalckar, ed. North--Holland, Amsterdam, 1985.
  • H. Folse, The philosophy of Niels Bohr, North Holland, Amsterdam, 1985.
  • J.S. Bell, Speakable and unspeakable in quantum mechanics, Cambridge University Press, 1987.
  • D. Murdoch, Niels Bohr's Philosophy of Physics, Cambridge University Press, 1987.
  • M. Redhead, Incompleteness, nonlocality, and realism, Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1987.
  • N. Rescher, Scientific realism: a critical reappraisal, Reidel, Dordrecht, 1987.
  • P. Busch, P.J. Lahti, and P. Mittelstaedt, The quantum theory of measurement, Springer, 1991.
  • A. Peres, Quantum theory: concepts and methods, Kluwer, Dordrecht, 1993.
  • P. Busch, M. Grabowski, and P.J. Lahti, Operational quantum mechanics, Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg, 1995.
  • R. Carnap (M. Gardner ed.), An introduction to the philosophy of science, Dover Publications, Inc., New York, 1995.
  • L.E. Ballentine, Quantum mechanics - a modern development, World Scientific, Singapore, 1998.
  • W.M. de Muynck, Foundations of quantum mechanics, an empiricist approach, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, Boston, London, 2002.
  • D. Greenberger, K. Hentschel, F. Weinert, eds., Compendium of quantum physics, Concepts, experiments, history and philosophy, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg, 2009.