Does probabilism solve the great quantum mystery?
| Autor: | Nicholas Maxwell |
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| Rok vydání: | 2004 |
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Conjecture
Photon lcsh:Philosophy (General) Probabilistic logic Measurement problem Probabilism Classical physics philosophy of science quantum theory realism probabilism wave/particle dilemma propensities measurement Philosophy Open quantum system Theoretical physics History and Philosophy of Science lcsh:B1-5802 Quantum Algorithm Mathematics |
| Zdroj: | THEORIA : an International Journal for Theory, History and Fundations of Science, Vol 19, Iss 3, Pp 321-336 (2010) |
| ISSN: | 2171-679X 0495-4548 |
| DOI: | 10.1387/theoria.585 |
| Popis: | What sort of entities are electrons, photons and atoms given their wave-like and particle-like properties? Is nature fundamentally deterministic or probabilistic? Orthodox quantum theory (OQT) evades answering these two basic questions by being a theory about the results of performing measurements on quantum sys- tems. But this evasion results in OQT being a seriously defective theory. A rival, somewhat ignored strategy is to conjecture that the quantum domain is fundamentally probabilistic. This means quantum entities, in- teracting with one another probabilistically, must differ radically from the entities of deterministic classical physics, the classical wave or particle. It becomes possible to conceive of quantum entities as a new kind of fundamentally probabilistic entity, the "propensiton", neither wave nor particle. A fully micro realistic, test- able rival to OQT results. |
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