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Epistemological and Ontological Paraconsistency in Quantum Mechanics: For and Against Bohrian Philosophy.

de Ronde, Christian (2014) Epistemological and Ontological Paraconsistency in Quantum Mechanics: For and Against Bohrian Philosophy. UNSPECIFIED.

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Abstract

We interpret the philosophy of Niels Bohr as related to the so called ''linguistic turn'' and consider paraconsistency in the light of the Bohrian notion of complementarity. Following [16], Jean-Yves Beziau has discussed the seemingly contradictory perspectives found in the quantum mechanical double slit experiment in terms of paraconsistent view-points [7, 8]. This interpretation goes in line with the well known Bohrian Neo-Kantian epistemological account of quantum mechanics. In the present paper, we put forward the idea that one can also consider, within quantum mechanics and departing from the philosophy of the danish physicist, a more radical paraconsistency found within one of the main formal elements of the theory, namely, quantum superpositions. We will argue that, rather than epistemological, the contradictions found within quantum superpositions could be interpreted as ontological contradictions.


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de Ronde, Christiancderonde@gmail.com
Keywords: quantum superposition, paraconsistent approach, measurement problem.
Subjects: Specific Sciences > Physics > Quantum Mechanics
Depositing User: Christian de Ronde
Date Deposited: 22 Dec 2014 15:53
Last Modified: 22 Dec 2014 15:53
Item ID: 11229
Subjects: Specific Sciences > Physics > Quantum Mechanics
Date: 2014
URI: https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/11229

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