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A Realist View of the Quantum World

Jaeger, Gregg (2019) A Realist View of the Quantum World. [Preprint]

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A realist view of the quantum world is given along the lines of Werner Heisenberg’s Copenhagen interpretation of quantum mechanics and set in contrast to that associated with John von Neumann by Henry Stapp. This view is distinguished by, among other elements: (i) the notion of quantum potentia and its actualization which results in classical recorded values of measured quantities, (ii) the grounding of the existence and chancy character of individual measurement events in the plenitude principle as applied to the set of eigenvalues of observables on the space of quantum states, and (iii) the identification of the individuals of the theory by a straightforward individuation principle.


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Item Type: Preprint
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Jaeger, Greggjaeger@bu.edu
Keywords: Quantum mechanics · Realism · Copenhagen interpretation · Phenomena · BrainHenry
Subjects: Specific Sciences > Neuroscience > Cognitive Neuroscience
Specific Sciences > Physics > Quantum Mechanics
Depositing User: Dr. Gregg Jaeger
Date Deposited: 05 Apr 2019 04:19
Last Modified: 05 Apr 2019 04:19
Item ID: 15871
Journal or Publication Title: Activitas Nervosa Superior
Publisher: Springer Nature
Official URL: https://link.springer.com/epdf/10.1007/s41470-019-...
DOI or Unique Handle: 10.1007/s41470-019-00031-6
Subjects: Specific Sciences > Neuroscience > Cognitive Neuroscience
Specific Sciences > Physics > Quantum Mechanics
Date: 1 April 2019
URI: https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/15871

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