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Epistemological-Philosophical Problems of Quantum Mechanics and Main Solution Attempts: An Overview
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: Received: 27 May 2024 / Approved: 27 May 2024 / Online: 27 May 2024 (11:32:42 CEST)
How to cite: Di Sia, P. Epistemological-Philosophical Problems of Quantum Mechanics and Main Solution Attempts: An Overview. Preprints 2024, 2024051707. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202405.1707.v1 Di Sia, P. Epistemological-Philosophical Problems of Quantum Mechanics and Main Solution Attempts: An Overview. Preprints 2024, 2024051707. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202405.1707.v1
Abstract
This work presents a historical-epistemological analysis of the foundations of quantum mechanics. From a philosophical point of view, the relationships between quantum mechanics and scientific realism are highlighted, as well as the influence of the neo-positivist philosophy of the first decades of the 20th century. The great significance of measurement in the context of quantum mechanics is underlined, as an essential element in providing a coherent description of reality moving from the microcosm to the macrocosm, as well as the role that the measurement apparatus and the consciousness of the observer assume during the act of measurement, the ontological problem, the problem of the objectification of the wave function and the problem of the definition of discernibility. This is followed by an overview of the most important alternative proposals to the standard interpretation (Copenhagen interpretation), with particular reference to hidden variable theories, and other alternatives to standard quantum mechanics that profoundly modify the vision of reality, such as the Everett’s many-worlds theory, the QBism, the unified holistic approach.
Keywords
Philosophy of Science; Quantum Mechanics; Foundations; Open Problems; Ontology; Epistemology; Hidden variable theories; Alternatives to standard quantum mechanics; Holistic Unification
Subject
Physical Sciences, Other
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