Wallace, David (2018) Lessons from realistic physics for the metaphysics of quantum theory. [Preprint]
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Abstract
Quantum mechanics, and classical mechanics, are framework theories that incorporate many different concrete theories which in general cannot be arranged in a neat hierarchy, but discussion of `the ontology of quantum mechanics' tends to proceed as if quantum mechanics were a single concrete theory, specifically the physics of nonrelativistically moving point particles interacting by long-range forces. I survey the problems this causes and make some suggestions for how a more physically realistic perspective ought to influence the metaphysics of quantum mechanics.
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| Item Type: | Preprint | ||||||
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| Additional Information: | Synthese, forthcoming. | ||||||
| Keywords: | quantum mechanics quantum field theory | ||||||
| Subjects: | Specific Sciences > Physics > Quantum Field Theory Specific Sciences > Physics > Quantum Mechanics |
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| Depositing User: | Professor David Wallace | ||||||
| Date Deposited: | 11 Nov 2018 15:01 | ||||||
| Last Modified: | 11 Nov 2018 15:01 | ||||||
| Item ID: | 15293 | ||||||
| Subjects: | Specific Sciences > Physics > Quantum Field Theory Specific Sciences > Physics > Quantum Mechanics |
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| Date: | 2018 | ||||||
| URI: | https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/15293 |
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