QUANTUM STRUCTURE AND SPACETIME.

The aim of this paper is twofold. In the first part, it clarifies the nature of the wave function within the framework of the primitive ontology approach to quantum mechanics using the tools of ontic structural realism. In the second part, it critically discusses the primitive ontological move of po...

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Published in:Poznan Studies in the Philosophy of the Sciences & the Humanities Vol. 104; pp. 81 - 100
Main Author: Lam, Vincent
Format: Article
Published: Brill / Rodopi Dec2015
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