Merriam, Paul (2021) Perspectival QM and Presentism: a New Paradigm. [Preprint]
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We motivate and develop a perspectival A-theory of time (future/present/past) and probe its implied interpretation of quantum mechanics. It will emerge that, as a first take, the time of relativity is a B-series (earlier-times to later-times) and the time of quantum mechanics is an A-series. There is philosophical motivation for the idea that mutual quantum measurement happens when and only when the systems’ A-series become one mutual A-series, as in the way qualia work in the Inverted Spectrum. This seems to account for certain quantum phenomena, including that the electrons of a Bell pair do not have definite spins until measurement, as ‘until’ here is a (perspectival) A-series notion. Various issues in the foundations of quantum mechanics are canvassed.
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| Keywords: | quantum interpretation time McTaggart perspectival relativity paradigm Bell non-local local qualia inverted spectrum consciousness A-series B-series foundations Schrodinger's Cat | ||||||
| Subjects: | Specific Sciences > Cognitive Science > Consciousness Specific Sciences > Physics > Quantum Gravity Specific Sciences > Physics > Quantum Mechanics Specific Sciences > Physics > Relativity Theory |
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| Depositing User: | Paul Merriam | ||||||
| Date Deposited: | 21 Apr 2021 03:21 | ||||||
| Last Modified: | 21 Apr 2021 03:21 | ||||||
| Item ID: | 18921 | ||||||
| Subjects: | Specific Sciences > Cognitive Science > Consciousness Specific Sciences > Physics > Quantum Gravity Specific Sciences > Physics > Quantum Mechanics Specific Sciences > Physics > Relativity Theory |
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| Date: | 17 April 2021 | ||||||
| URI: | https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/18921 |
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