Vassallo, Antonio and Naranjo, Pedro and Koslowski, Tim (2024) A Proposal for a Metaphysics of Self-Subsisting Structures. II. Quantum Physics. [Preprint]
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The paper presents an extension of the metaphysics of self-subsisting structures set out in a companion paper to the realm of non-relativistic quantum physics. The discussion is centered around a Pure Shape Dynamics model representing a relational implementation of a de Broglie-Bohm N-body system. An interpretation of this model in terms of self-subsisting structures is proposed and assessed against the background of the debate on the metaphysics of quantum physics, with a particular emphasis on the nature of the wave function. The analysis shows that elaborating an appropriate Leibnizian/Machian metaphysics of the quantum world requires a substantial revision of the notion of world-building relation.
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Additional Information: | Forthcoming in Foundations of Physics | ||||||||||||
Keywords: | Self-subsisting structure; pure shape dynamics; Leibnizian/Machian relationalism; de Broglie-Bohm theory; parsimony; world-building relation | ||||||||||||
Subjects: | General Issues > Scientific Metaphysics Specific Sciences > Physics > Quantum Mechanics |
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Depositing User: | Antonio Vassallo | ||||||||||||
Date Deposited: | 16 Sep 2024 11:55 | ||||||||||||
Last Modified: | 16 Sep 2024 11:55 | ||||||||||||
Item ID: | 23915 | ||||||||||||
DOI or Unique Handle: | 10.1007/s10701-024-00800-7 | ||||||||||||
Subjects: | General Issues > Scientific Metaphysics Specific Sciences > Physics > Quantum Mechanics |
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Date: | September 2024 | ||||||||||||
URI: | https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/23915 |
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