Quantum Fundamentalism vs. Scientific Realism

Egg, Matthias (2022). Quantum Fundamentalism vs. Scientific Realism. In: Allori, Valia (ed.) Quantum Mechanics and Fundamentality. Synthese Library: Vol. 460 (pp. 19-32). Cham: Springer 10.1007/978-3-030-99642-0_2

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Quantum fundamentalism is the view that quantum mechanics (QM) should inform us about fundamental ontology. It is adopted by many who seek to defend scientific realism with respect to QM, and it prompts them to opt for one of the versions (or interpretations) of QM that were developed in response to the measurement problem. I argue that this is a mistake. Not only is realism about QM compatible with neutrality concerning these different versions, but the commitment to any particular one of them is actually in tension with basic tenets of scientific realism. This is demonstrated by a critical assessment of Michael Esfeld’s and Valia Allori’s recently developed versions of quantum fundamentalism.

Item Type:

Book Section (Book Chapter)

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
100 Philosophy > 110 Metaphysics
100 Philosophy > 120 Epistemology
500 Science > 530 Physics

ISSN:

0166-6991

ISBN:

978-3-030-99642-0

Series:

Synthese Library

Publisher:

Springer

Language:

English

Submitter:

Matthias Peter Egg

Date Deposited:

02 Nov 2022 12:50

Last Modified:

05 Dec 2022 16:27

Publisher DOI:

10.1007/978-3-030-99642-0_2

BORIS DOI:

10.48350/174325

URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/174325

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