Thebault, Karim P.Y. (2014) Quantization as a guide to ontic structure. [Preprint]

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The ontic structural realist stance is motivated by a desire to do philosophical justice to the success of science, whilst withstanding the `metaphysical undermining' generated by the various species of ontological underdetermination. We are, however, as yet in want of general principles to provide a scaffold for the explicit construction of structural ontologies. Here we will attempt to bridge this gap by utilising the formal procedure of quantization as a guide to ontic structure of modern physical theory. The example of non-relativistic particle mechanics will be considered and, for that case, it will be shown that a viable candidate for an OSR framework can be constituted in terms of the combination of a state space, with Poisson bracket structure, and a set of observables, with Lie algebra structure.

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Item Type:	Preprint
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID Thebault, Karim P.Y. karim.thebault@gmail.com
Keywords:	Structural Realism, Ontology, Quantization, Underdetermination
Subjects:	Specific Sciences > Physics > Classical Physics Specific Sciences > Physics > Quantum Mechanics General Issues > Structure of Theories General Issues > Theory Change
Depositing User:	Dr Karim Thebault
Date Deposited:	23 Mar 2014 16:25
Last Modified:	23 Mar 2014 16:25
Item ID:	10575
Subjects:	Specific Sciences > Physics > Classical Physics Specific Sciences > Physics > Quantum Mechanics General Issues > Structure of Theories General Issues > Theory Change
Date:	23 March 2014
URI:	https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/10575

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