Brown, Harvey R. (2017) The reality of the wavefunction: old arguments and new. [Preprint]
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Abstract
The recent philosophy of Quantum Bayesianism, or QBism, represents an attempt to solve the traditional puzzles in the foundations of quantum theory by denying the objective reality of the quantum state. Einstein had hoped to remove the spectre of nonlocality in the theory by also assigning an epistemic status to the quantum state, but his version of this doctrine was recently proved to be inconsistent with the predictions of quantum mechanics. In this essay, I present plausibility arguments, old and new, for the reality of the quantum state, and expose what I think are weaknesses in QBism as a philosophy of science.
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| Additional Information: | To appear in Ontology Studies -- Outstanding Papers from the San Sebastian International Congresses of Ontology | ||||||
| Keywords: | Quantum Bayesianism, QBism, reality of wavefunction, stability of matter | ||||||
| Subjects: | Specific Sciences > Physics Specific Sciences > Physics > Quantum Mechanics |
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| Depositing User: | Prof Harvey R Brown | ||||||
| Date Deposited: | 10 Apr 2017 13:19 | ||||||
| Last Modified: | 10 Apr 2017 13:19 | ||||||
| Item ID: | 12978 | ||||||
| Subjects: | Specific Sciences > Physics Specific Sciences > Physics > Quantum Mechanics |
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| Date: | 9 April 2017 | ||||||
| URI: | https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/12978 |
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