?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Realism+and+objectivism+in+quantum+mechanics&rft.creator=Karakostas%2C+Vassilios&rft.subject=Quantum+Field+Theory&rft.subject=Quantum+Mechanics&rft.subject=Realism%2FAnti-realism&rft.description=The+present+study+attempts+to+provide+a+consistent+and+coherent+account+of+what+the+world+could+be+like%2C+given+the+conceptual+framework+and+results+of+contemporary+quantum+theory.+It+is+suggested+that+standard+quantum+mechanics+can%2C+and+indeed+should%2C+be+understood+as+a+realist+theory+within+its+domain+of+application.+It+is+pointed+out%2C+however%2C+that+a+viable+realist+interpretation+of+quantum+theory+requires+the+abandonment+or+radical+revision+of+the+classical+conception+of+physical+reality+and+its+traditional+philosophical+presuppositions.+It+is+argued%2C+in+this+direction%2C+that+the+conceptualization+of+the+nature+of+reality%2C+as+arising+out+of+our+most+basic+physical+theory%2C+calls+for+a+kind+of+contextual+realism.+Within+the+domain+of+quantum+mechanics%2C+knowledge+of+%E2%80%98reality+in+itself%E2%80%99%2C+%E2%80%98the+real+such+as+it+truly+is%E2%80%99+independent+of+the+way+it+is+contextualized%2C+is+impossible+in+principle.+In+this+connection%2C+the+meaning+of+objectivity+in+quantum+mechanics+is+analyzed%2C+whilst+the+important+question+concerning+the+nature+of+quantum+objects+is+explored.&rft.publisher=Springer&rft.date=2012&rft.type=Published+Article&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fphilsci-archive.pitt.edu%2F9042%2F1%2FRealism_and_Objectivism_in_Quantum_Mechanics.pdf&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.springerlink.com%2Fopenurl.asp%3Fgenre%3Darticle%26id%3Ddoi%3A10.1007%2Fs10838-012-9173-5%26cm_mmc%3Devent-_-articleAuthor-_-onlineFirst-_-0&rft.identifier=Karakostas%2C+Vassilios+(2012)+Realism+and+objectivism+in+quantum+mechanics.+[Published+Article]&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fphilsci-archive.pitt.edu%2F9042%2