Allori, Valia and Goldstein, Sheldon and tumulka, roderich and Zanghi, Nino (2012) Predictions and Primitive Ontology in Quantum Foundations: A Study of Examples. The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science-forthcoming.

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Abstract

A major disagreement between different views about the foundations of quantum mechanics concerns whether for a theory to be intelligible as a fundamental physical theory it must involve a “primitive ontology” (PO), i.e., variables describing the distribution of matter in 4-dimensional space-time. In this paper, we illustrate the value of having a PO. We do so by focusing on the role that
the PO plays for extracting predictions from a given theory and discuss valid and invalid derivations of predictions. To this end, we investigate a number of examples based on toy models built from the elements of familiar interpretations of quantum theory.

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Item Type:	Published Article or Volume
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID Allori, Valia vallori@niu.edu Goldstein, Sheldon oldstein@math.rutgers.edu tumulka, roderich tumulka@math.rutgers.edu Zanghi, Nino zanghi@ge.infn.it
Keywords:	quantum theory without observers; Ghirardi–Rimini–Weber (GRW) theory of spontaneous wave function collapse; Bohmian mechanics; many-worlds view of quantum mechanics
Subjects:	Specific Sciences > Physics > Quantum Mechanics
Depositing User:	Dr Valia Allori
Date Deposited:	25 Sep 2012 13:19
Last Modified:	25 Sep 2012 13:19
Item ID:	9338
Journal or Publication Title:	The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science-forthcoming
Subjects:	Specific Sciences > Physics > Quantum Mechanics
Date:	2012
URI:	https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/9338

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