Vassallo, Antonio and Romano, Davide (2021) The metaphysics of decoherence. [Preprint]
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The paper investigates the type of realism that best suits the framework of decoherence taken at face value without postulating a plurality of worlds, or additional hidden variables, or non-unitary dynamical mechanisms. It is argued that this reading of decoherence leads to an extremely radical type of perspectival realism, especially when cosmological decoherence is considered.
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| Additional Information: | Forthcoming in Erkenntnis. | |||||||||
| Keywords: | Quantum mechanics; decoherence; scientific realism; reduced density matrix; perspectival realism; participatory realism; quantum cosmology; mereological anti-realism. | |||||||||
| Subjects: | General Issues > Scientific Metaphysics Specific Sciences > Physics > Quantum Mechanics |
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| Depositing User: | Antonio Vassallo | |||||||||
| Date Deposited: | 11 Oct 2021 03:42 | |||||||||
| Last Modified: | 11 Oct 2021 03:42 | |||||||||
| Item ID: | 19670 | |||||||||
| DOI or Unique Handle: | 10.1007/s10670-021-00469-8 | |||||||||
| Subjects: | General Issues > Scientific Metaphysics Specific Sciences > Physics > Quantum Mechanics |
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| Date: | October 2021 | |||||||||
| URI: | https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/19670 |
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