The reason for this post is that I am simply interested in the effects (or lack thereof) that quantum mechanics (QM) has on philosophy. I know quantum mechanics fairly well, but know little philosophy. At least, the philosophy I do know came long before quantum mechanics. Can anyone clue me in as to how modern philosophers have incorporated quantum mechanics? What papers or books should I read?
I hope we can have a lively discussion here between people who know some philosophy and others who really know quantum mechanics well (say, have studied it at a first year graduate level). I usually find popular discussions involving QM to be quite lacking, as they usually reveal little real understanding. This is fine, since obviously not very many people will take it upon themselves to learn QM (or philosophy for that matter). I also suspect that many students of philosophy don't really have a solid understanding of QM, so it would really help to have a dialogue.
So here is what I suggest:
The philosophers among you (I suspect there are many) can suggest your ideas about QM and philosophy. Then the QM(-ers?) among us will pass it through our "this-is-compatible-with-my-solid-understanding-of-QM" filter (and explain the result as best we can). Similarly, the QM-ers can suggest how they think QM affects philosophy, and then the philosophers can pass it through their "yeah-but-consider-this-philosophical-argument" or their "well-that's-not-philosophically-tenable" filters.
Also, I know somewhere out there are students of philosophy who have also taken advanced quantum mechanics classes. Please shed some light on this subject for us!