Healey, Richard (2018) Pragmatist Quantum Realism. [Preprint]
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Abstract
Realism comes in many varieties, in science and elsewhere. Van Fraassen's influential formulation took scientific realism to include the view that science aims to give us, in its theories, a literally true story of what the world is like. So understood, a quantum realist takes quantum theory to aim at correctly representing the world: many would add that its success justifies
believing this representation is more or less correct. But quantum realism has been understood both more narrowly and more broadly.
A pragmatist considers use prior to representation and this has prompted some to dub pragmatist views anti-realist, including the view of quantum theory I have been developing recently. But whether a pragmatist view
of quantum theory should be labeled anti-realist depends not only on its ingredients but also on how that label should be applied. Pragmatism offers a healthy diet of quantum realism.
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| Additional Information: | Forthcoming in a collection on Realism and the Quantum, eds. French and Saatsi. | ||||||
| Keywords: | scientific realism, quantum theory, pragmatism, instrumentalism, QBism, representation, objectivity | ||||||
| Subjects: | General Issues > Explanation General Issues > Models and Idealization General Issues > Operationalism/Instrumentalism Specific Sciences > Physics > Quantum Mechanics General Issues > Realism/Anti-realism General Issues > Structure of Theories |
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| Depositing User: | Richard Andrew Healey | ||||||
| Date Deposited: | 26 Jan 2018 16:32 | ||||||
| Last Modified: | 26 Jan 2018 16:32 | ||||||
| Item ID: | 14322 | ||||||
| Subjects: | General Issues > Explanation General Issues > Models and Idealization General Issues > Operationalism/Instrumentalism Specific Sciences > Physics > Quantum Mechanics General Issues > Realism/Anti-realism General Issues > Structure of Theories |
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| Date: | 26 January 2018 | ||||||
| URI: | https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/14322 |
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