Vidotto, Francesca (2022) The relational ontology of contemporary physics. [Preprint]
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Quantum theory can be understood as pointing to an ontology of relations. I observe that this reading of quantum mechanics is supported by the ubiquity of relationality in contemporary fundamental physics, including in classical mechanics, gauge theories, general relativity, quantum field theory, and the tentative theories of quantum gravity.
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Additional Information: | This is a preprint of the following chapter: Francesca Vidotto, The relational ontology of contemporary physics, to be published in “Quantum Mechanics and Fundamentality: Naturalizing Quantum Theory between Scientific Realism and Ontological Indeterminacy”, edited by Valia Allori, 2022, Springer, reproduced with permission of Springer. | ||||||
Keywords: | Relational Quantum Mechanics, Structural Realism, Quantum Gravity, Ontology | ||||||
Subjects: | Specific Sciences > Physics > Quantum Gravity Specific Sciences > Physics > Quantum Field Theory Specific Sciences > Physics > Quantum Mechanics Specific Sciences > Physics > Relativity Theory |
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Depositing User: | Dr. Francesca Vidotto | ||||||
Date Deposited: | 02 Feb 2022 02:19 | ||||||
Last Modified: | 02 Feb 2022 02:19 | ||||||
Item ID: | 20176 | ||||||
Subjects: | Specific Sciences > Physics > Quantum Gravity Specific Sciences > Physics > Quantum Field Theory Specific Sciences > Physics > Quantum Mechanics Specific Sciences > Physics > Relativity Theory |
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Date: | 4 January 2022 | ||||||
URI: | https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/20176 |
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