Muller, F.A. (2013) Circumveiloped by Obscuritads. The nature of interpretation in quantum mechanics, hermeneutic circles and physical reality, with cameos of James Joyce and Jacques Derrida. [Preprint]

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Abstract

The quest for finding the right interpretation of Quantum Mechanics (QM) is as old as QM and still has not ended, and may never end. The question what an interpretation of QM is has hardly ever been raised explicitly, let alone answered. We raise it and answer it. Then the quest for the right interpretation can continue self-consciously, for we then know exactly what we are after. We present a list of minimal requirements that something has to meet in order to qualify as an interpretation of QM. We also raise, as a side issue, the question how the discourse on the interpretation of QM relates to hermeneutics in Continental Philosophy.

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Item Type:	Preprint
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID Muller, F.A.
Keywords:	quantum mechanics, interpretation, reality, hermeneutics, realism
Subjects:	Specific Sciences > Physics
Depositing User:	F.A. Muller
Date Deposited:	07 Jan 2014 14:13
Last Modified:	07 Jan 2014 14:13
Item ID:	10166
Subjects:	Specific Sciences > Physics
Date:	31 December 2013
URI:	https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/10166

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