Student challenges in understanding quantum mechanics: effect of the “logic paradigm shift”

Manyahi, Jerome

dc.creator	Manyahi, Jerome
dc.date	2021-05-24T09:18:07Z
dc.date	2021-05-24T09:18:07Z
dc.date	2020
dc.date.accessioned	2022-10-20T13:09:28Z
dc.date.available	2022-10-20T13:09:28Z
dc.identifier	Manyahi, J. (2020). Student challenges in understanding quantum mechanics: effect of the “logic paradigm shift”. Journal for Foundations and Applications of Physics, 7(1), 32-42.
dc.identifier	URL: http://sciencefront.org/ojs/index.php/jfap/article/view/150
dc.identifier	http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12661/3183
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12661/3183
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dc.description	For three centuries Newtonian mechanics had been firmly established as a valid theory for the understanding of physical reality; if one understands the laws of physics, then one understands the whole universe. Classical physicists had contented themselves with the search for regularities in measurements and in the physical world. Irregularities were regarded as noises that interfered with the deterministic picture of physical reality. However, from 1900s onwards with the quantum hypothesis, physicists had begun to recognize that the physics of Newton and Maxwell were inadequate for the understanding of all of the physical reality. For example, the interaction of radiation with matter could not be explained from classical physics. This dilemma led to the discovery of quantum mechanics. In this article we explore the challenges that students face in understanding quantum mechanics that arises from paradigm shift in the mode of reasoning about the physical world. The description of physical reality in general and quantum reality in particular requires that we shift our mode of reasoning from classical Boolean logic to quantum non Boolean logic.
dc.language	en
dc.publisher	Science Front Publishers
dc.subject	Quantum logic
dc.subject	Boolean algebra
dc.subject	Orthomodular lattices
dc.subject	Modal interpretation
dc.subject	Newtonian mechanics
dc.subject	Physics
dc.subject	Classical physists
dc.subject	Radiation
dc.subject	Matter
dc.subject	Newton law
dc.title	Student challenges in understanding quantum mechanics: effect of the “logic paradigm shift”
dc.type	Article