Quantum ontology without speculation release_2t4ybqrk5vaidd65erjkp2lq6u

by Matthias Egg

Published in European Journal for Philosophy of Science by Springer Science and Business Media LLC.

2021   Volume 11, Issue 1, p32

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<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title>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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