Quantum Mechanics and Fundamentality

Quantum Mechanics and Fundamentality

Naturalizing Quantum Theory between Scientific Realism and Ontological Indeterminacy

Allori, Valia

Springer Nature Switzerland AG

07/2022

415

Dura

Inglês

9783030996413

15 a 20 dias

822

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Introduction.- Part I: Realism. 1. The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Decoherence (Davide Romano).- 2. Quantum Fundamentalism vs. Scientific Realism (Matthias Egg).- 3. On the Principles that Serve as Guides to the Ontology of Quantum Mechanics (Vera Matarese).- 4. The Quantum World as a Resource. A Case for the Cohabitation of Two Paradigms (Laura Felline).- 5. Quantum Ontology: Out of this World? (Travis Norsen).- 6. Why Might an Instrumentalist Endorse Bohmian Mechanics? (Darrell P. Rowbottom).- Part II: Ontology. 7. Beables, Primitive Ontology and Beyond: How Theories Meet the World (Andrea Oldofredi).- 8. All Flash, No Substance? (Towards a Fundamental Ontology for GRW) (Elizabeth Miller).- 9. Does the Primitive Ontology rest on Shaky Ground? (Cristian Mariani).- 10. Towards a Structuralist Elimination of Quantum Properties (Valia Allori).- 11. Quantum Ontology without the Wave Function (Carlo Rovelli).- 12. The Relational Ontology of Contemporary Physics (Francesca Vidotto).- 13. Explicit Construction of Local Hidden Variables for Any Quantum Theory up to Any Desired Accuracy(Gerard t'Hooft).- Part III: The Wave Function. 14. Wave Function Realism and Three Dimensions (Lev Vaidman).- 15. Reality as a Vector in Hilbert Space (Sean Carroll).- 16. Cat alive and cat dead are not Cats! Ontology and Statistics in 'Realist' Versions of Quantum Mechanics(Jean Bricmont).- 17. Ontic Random Variables, Incommensurable Probability Distributions, and the Platonic Interpretation of Quantum Theoryn (Jacob Barandes).- 18. Cosmic Hylomorphism vs Bohmian Dispositionalism. Implications of the "No-successor Problem" (William Simpson and John Pemberton).- 19. The Governing Conception of the Wavefunctionn (Nina Emery).- 20. Representation and the Quantum State (Richard Healey).- Part IV: Indeterminacy. 21. Quantum Mechanics Without Indeterminacy (David Glick).- 22. Derivative Metaphysical Indeterminacy and Quantum Physics (Alessandro Torza).- 23. Explication Quantum Indeterminacy (Peter Lewis).- 24. Defending the Situations-based Approach to Deep Worldly Indeterminacy (George Darby and Martin Pickup).- 25. Metaphysical Indeterminacy in the Multiversen (Claudio Calosi and Jessica Wilson).- 26. Fundamentality and Levels in Everettian Quantum Mechanics (Al Wilson).
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Quantum Ontology;Fundamentality;Scientific Realism;Metaphysical Indeterminacy;Ontological Dependence;the wave function;Platonic Interpretation of Quantum Theory