Quantum Mechanics and Fundamentality
Naturalizing Quantum Theory between Scientific Realism and Ontological Indeterminacy
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This edited collection provides new perspectives on some metaphysical questions arising in quantum mechanics. These questions have been long-standing and are of continued interest to researchers and graduate students working in physics, philosophy of physics and metaphysics. It features contributions from a diverse set of researchers, ranging from senior scholars to junior academics, working in varied fields, from physics to philosophy of physics and metaphysics. The contributors reflect on issues about fundamentality (is quantum theory fundamental? If so, what is its fundamental ontology?), ontological dependence (how do ordinary objects exist even if they are not fundamental?), realism (what kind of realism is compatible with quantum theory?), indeterminacy (can the world itself exhibit ontological indeterminacy?).
With contributions from both physicists (including Nobel Prize winner Gerard 't Hooft), science communicators and philosophers.
This edited collection provides new perspectives on some metaphysical questions arising in quantum mechanics. These questions have been long-standing and are of continued interest to researchers and graduate students working in physics, philosophy of physics, and metaphysics. It features contributions from a diverse set of researchers, ranging from senior scholars to junior academics, working in varied fields, from physics to philosophy of physics and metaphysics. The contributors reflect on issues about fundamentality (is quantum theory fundamental? If so, what is its fundamental ontology?), ontological dependence (how do ordinary objects exist even if they are not fundamental?), realism (what kind of realism is compatible with quantum theory?), indeterminacy (can the world itself exhibit ontological indeterminacy?).
The book contains contributions from both physicists (including Nobel Prize winner Gerard 't Hooft), science communicators andphilosophers.
Provides new perspectives on long-standing metaphysical questions arising in quantum mechanics Contributions by physicists - incl. Nobel Prize winner Gerard 't Hooft - science communicators and philosophers First book covering quantum indeterminacy and its connection to fundamentality and ontological dependence
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Valia Allori
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Quantum Ontology Fundamentality Scientific Realism Metaphysical Indeterminacy Ontological Dependence the wave function Platonic Interpretation of Quantum Theory