Gilead, Amihud (2018) CLASSICAL PHYSICS AND THE ACTUALIZATION OF QUANTUM PURE POSSIBILITIES. [Preprint]
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This paper differs from any previous view in discussing quantum pure possibilities as individuals, existing independently of any observer or mind. These pure possibilities are also absolutely independent of any metaphysical or logical view that endorses the notion of possible worlds. In my view, the relationship between quantum possibilities and classical physical reality is not between reality as such, as it is in itself, and its phenomena. It is rather between fundamental or primary reality, consisting of quantum pure possibilities, on the one hand, and its actualization in what classical physics has discovered so far, on the other. As individual pure possibilities, quantum entities must be, at least ontologically, distinct and different from one another, regardless of the epistemological standing of quantum physics. Hence, quantum metaphysics is committed to the principle of the identity of indiscernibles. Finally, I analyze the two-slit experiment, interference, and entanglement in the light of my approach.
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| Keywords: | individual pure possibilities; quantum pure possibilities; actualities; classical physics; quantum physics; identity of indiscernibles; two slit experiment | ||||||
| Subjects: | General Issues > Scientific Metaphysics Specific Sciences > Physics > Quantum Mechanics |
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| Depositing User: | Prof. Amihud Gilead | ||||||
| Date Deposited: | 25 Jul 2018 20:51 | ||||||
| Last Modified: | 25 Jul 2018 20:51 | ||||||
| Item ID: | 14899 | ||||||
| Subjects: | General Issues > Scientific Metaphysics Specific Sciences > Physics > Quantum Mechanics |
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| Date: | 24 July 2018 | ||||||
| URI: | https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/14899 |
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