Egg, Matthias (2020) Quantum Ontology without Speculation. [Preprint]
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Abstract
Existing proposals concerning the ontology of quantum mechanics (QM) either involve speculation that goes beyond the scientific evidence or abandon realism about large parts of QM. This paper proposes a way out of this dilemma, by showing that QM as it is formulated in standard textbooks allows for a much more substantive ontological commitment than is usually acknowledged. For this purpose, I defend a non-fundamentalist approach to ontology, which is then applied to various aspects of QM. In particular, I will defend realism about spin, which has been viewed as a particularly hard case for the ontology of QM.
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Item Type: | Preprint | ||||||
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Additional Information: | accepted for publication in the European Journal for the Philosophy of Science | ||||||
Keywords: | Effective Realism Ontology Quantum Mechanics Spin Underdetermination | ||||||
Subjects: | General Issues > Scientific Metaphysics Specific Sciences > Physics > Quantum Mechanics General Issues > Realism/Anti-realism |
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Depositing User: | Matthias Egg | ||||||
Date Deposited: | 26 Dec 2020 04:30 | ||||||
Last Modified: | 26 Dec 2020 04:30 | ||||||
Item ID: | 18534 | ||||||
Subjects: | General Issues > Scientific Metaphysics Specific Sciences > Physics > Quantum Mechanics General Issues > Realism/Anti-realism |
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Date: | 21 December 2020 | ||||||
URI: | https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/18534 |
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