Sznajderhaus, N orcid.org/0000-0001-7052-123X (2018) On the received realist view of quantum mechanics. Cadernos de Historia e Filosofia da Ciencia, 2 (1). Series 4. pp. 253-274. ISSN 0101-3424
Abstract
In this article I defend that an underlying framework exists among those interpretations of quantum mechanics which crucially consider the measurement problem as a central obstacle. I characterise that framework as the Received View on the realist interpretation of quantum mechanics. In particular, I analyse the extent to which two of the most relevant attempts at quantum mechanics, namely, many worlds interpretations and Bohmian mechanics, belong within the Received View. However, I claim that scientific realism in itself does not entail commitment to such a view, and I propose to consider a form of realism that dissolves the measurement problem. It is simply a stripped down version of realism. I derive the methodological questions in this form of realism, speculating that within it a novel realist interpretation of quantum mechanics could be conceived.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Keywords: | scientific realism; quantum mechanics; methodology; intertheory relations |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Cultures (Leeds) > School of Philosophy, Religion and History of Science (Leeds) > School of Philosophy (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 18 Oct 2016 09:21 |
Last Modified: | 18 Jul 2018 10:51 |
Published Version: | https://www.cle.unicamp.br/eprints/index.php/cader... |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Centro de Lógica, Epistemologia e História da Ciência |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:106065 |