Manero, Jorge and Guzmán, Juan (2025) The role played by scientific realism in the measurement problem of quantum mechanics. THEORIA. An International Journal for Theory, History and Foundations of Science, 40 (2). pp. 187-209. ISSN 2171-679X
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Abstract
Many attempts have been made to characterise and solve the infamous measurement problem of quantum mechanics by advocating, implicitly or explicitly, different realist perspectives. As a result, we are still uncertain where this problem and its corresponding solution are to be located in the realism-antirealism debate. On the basis of a well-known characterisation of scientific realism, this paper intends to fill this gap by arguing that the quantum description of the processes involved in typical measurements is problematic from the standpoint of semantic realism, which is a necessary but not sufficient condition for fully-fledged scientific realism.
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| Additional Information: | ISSN: 0495-4548 (print) | |||||||||
| Keywords: | Philosophy of Quantum Mechanics, Measurement Problem, Semantic Realism, Collapse and Non-collapse Interpretations | |||||||||
| Subjects: | Specific Sciences > Physics > Quantum Mechanics General Issues > Realism/Anti-realism |
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| Depositing User: | Unnamed user with email theoria@ehu.es | |||||||||
| Date Deposited: | 01 Nov 2025 13:40 | |||||||||
| Last Modified: | 01 Nov 2025 13:40 | |||||||||
| Item ID: | 27075 | |||||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | THEORIA. An International Journal for Theory, History and Foundations of Science | |||||||||
| Publisher: | Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea / Universidad del País Vasco | |||||||||
| Official URL: | https://ojs.ehu.eus/index.php/THEORIA/article/view... | |||||||||
| DOI or Unique Handle: | 10.1387/theoria.26061 | |||||||||
| Subjects: | Specific Sciences > Physics > Quantum Mechanics General Issues > Realism/Anti-realism |
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| Date: | 2025 | |||||||||
| Page Range: | pp. 187-209 | |||||||||
| Volume: | 40 | |||||||||
| Number: | 2 | |||||||||
| ISSN: | 2171-679X | |||||||||
| URI: | https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/27075 |
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