Egg, Matthias (2021). Quantum ontology without speculation. European journal for philosophy of science, 11(32), pp. 1-26. Springer 10.1007/s13194-020-00346-1
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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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Journal Article (Original Article) |
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Division/Institute: |
06 Faculty of Humanities > Department of Art and Cultural Studies > Institute of Philosophy 06 Faculty of Humanities > Department of Art and Cultural Studies > Institute of Philosophy > Theoretical Philosophy |
UniBE Contributor: |
Egg, Matthias |
Subjects: |
100 Philosophy |
ISSN: |
1879-4912 |
Publisher: |
Springer |
Language: |
English |
Submitter: |
Matthias Peter Egg |
Date Deposited: |
28 Apr 2022 10:53 |
Last Modified: |
05 Dec 2022 16:18 |
Publisher DOI: |
10.1007/s13194-020-00346-1 |
Uncontrolled Keywords: |
Effective realism Ontology Quantum mechanics Spin Underdetermination |
BORIS DOI: |
10.48350/168891 |
URI: |
https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/168891 |
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