Lopez, Cristian (2024) Quantum Ontology without Textbooks. Nor Overlapping. European Journal for Philosophy of Science. ISSN 1879-4912
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In this paper, I critically assess two recent proposals for an interpretation-independent understanding of non-relativistic quantum mechanics: the overlap strategy (Fraser & Vickers, 2022) and the textbook account (Egg, 2021). My argument has three steps. I first argue that they presume a Quinean-Carnapian meta-ontological framework that yields flat, structureless ontologies. Second, such ontologies are unable to solve the problems that quantum ontologists want to solve. Finally, only structured ontologies are capable of solving the problems that quantum ontologists want to solve. But they require some dose of speculation. In the end, I defend the conservative
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| Keywords: | Quantum ontology · Meta-ontology · Quineanism · Carnapism · Fundamentality · Effective theory · Non-relativistic quantum mechanics | ||||||
| Subjects: | Specific Sciences > Mathematics > Ontology Specific Sciences > Physics Specific Sciences > Physics > Quantum Mechanics |
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| Depositing User: | Dr. Cristian Lopez | ||||||
| Date Deposited: | 07 Jan 2025 13:35 | ||||||
| Last Modified: | 07 Jan 2025 13:35 | ||||||
| Item ID: | 24485 | ||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | European Journal for Philosophy of Science | ||||||
| Publisher: | Springer | ||||||
| Official URL: | https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13194-0... | ||||||
| DOI or Unique Handle: | 10.1007/s13194-024-00573-w | ||||||
| Subjects: | Specific Sciences > Mathematics > Ontology Specific Sciences > Physics Specific Sciences > Physics > Quantum Mechanics |
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| Date: | 21 February 2024 | ||||||
| ISSN: | 1879-4912 | ||||||
| URI: | https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/24485 |
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