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This book explores the prospects of rivaling ontological and
epistemic interpretations of quantum mechanics (QM). It concludes
with a suggestion for how to interpret QM from an epistemological
point of view and with a Kantian touch. It thus refines, extends,
and combines existing approaches in a similar direction. The author
first looks at current, hotly debated ontological interpretations.
These include hidden variables-approaches, Bohmian mechanics,
collapse interpretations, and the many worlds interpretation. He
demonstrates why none of these ontological interpretations can
claim to be the clear winner amongst its rivals. Next, coverage
explores the possibility of interpreting QM in terms of knowledge
but without the assumption of hidden variables. It examines QBism
as well as Healey's pragmatist view. The author finds both
interpretations or programs appealing, but still wanting in certain
respects. As a result, he then goes on to advance a genuine
proposal as to how to interpret QM from the perspective of an
internal realism in the sense of Putnam and Kant. The book also
includes two philosophical interludes. One details the notions of
probability and realism. The other highlights the connections
between the notions of locality, causality, and reality in the
context of violations of Bell-type inequalities.
This book explores the prospects of rivaling ontological and
epistemic interpretations of quantum mechanics (QM). It concludes
with a suggestion for how to interpret QM from an epistemological
point of view and with a Kantian touch. It thus refines, extends,
and combines existing approaches in a similar direction. The author
first looks at current, hotly debated ontological interpretations.
These include hidden variables-approaches, Bohmian mechanics,
collapse interpretations, and the many worlds interpretation. He
demonstrates why none of these ontological interpretations can
claim to be the clear winner amongst its rivals. Next, coverage
explores the possibility of interpreting QM in terms of knowledge
but without the assumption of hidden variables. It examines QBism
as well as Healey's pragmatist view. The author finds both
interpretations or programs appealing, but still wanting in certain
respects. As a result, he then goes on to advance a genuine
proposal as to how to interpret QM from the perspective of an
internal realism in the sense of Putnam and Kant. The book also
includes two philosophical interludes. One details the notions of
probability and realism. The other highlights the connections
between the notions of locality, causality, and reality in the
context of violations of Bell-type inequalities.
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