Reverse Engineering Quantum Field Theory

Abstract

An approach to the foundations of quantum theory is advertised that proceeds by "reverse engineering" quantum field theory. As a concrete instance of this approach, the general boundary formulation of quantum theory is outlined.Comment: 5 pages, LaTeX + aipproc (included), contribution to the proceedings of the conference "Quantum Theory: Reconsideration of Foundations - 6" (V\"axj\"o, 2012