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Barad, Bohr, and quantum mechanics
The last decade has seen an increasing number of references to quantum mechanics in the humanities and social sciences. This development has in...
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How to Complete Quantum Mechanics, Or, What It’s Like To Be a Naturally Creative Bohmian Beable
In this chapter, I argue that if we assume that the Standard Models in contemporary physics are physico-mechanically incomplete, and if we also...
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The preferred basis problem in the many-worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics: why decoherence does not solve it
We start by very briefly describing the measurement problem in quantum mechanics and its solution by the Many Worlds Interpretation (MWI). We then...
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Random World and Quantum Mechanics
Quantum mechanics (QM) predicts probabilities on the fundamental level which are, via Born probability law, connected to the formal randomness of...
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Distinguishing two (unsound) arguments for quantum social science
Quantum mechanics supersedes classical mechanics, and social science, some argue, should be responsive to this change. This paper finds that two...
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Clashing perspectives: Kantian epistemology and quantum chemistry theory
In this contribution, the role of epistemology in understanding quantum chemistry is discussed. Quantum chemistry is the study of the behavior of...
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Measuring Quantum Superpositions
In this work we attempt to confront the orthodox widespread claim, present in the philosophical and foundational debates about Quantum Mechanics...
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Quantum ontology without textbooks. Nor overlap**
In this paper, I critically assess two recent proposals for an interpretation-independent understanding of non-relativistic quantum mechanics: the...
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Unexpected quantum indeterminacy
Recent philosophical discussions about metaphysical indeterminacy have been substantiated with the idea that quantum mechanics, one of the most...
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Against ‘Interpretation’: Quantum Mechanics Beyond Syntax and Semantics
The question “what is an interpretation?” is often intertwined with the perhaps even harder question “what is a scientific theory?”. Given this...
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Non-interventionist Objective Divine Action and Quantum Mechanics
Miracle accounts are found in most—if not all—religions, providing a promising topic for a scholarly comparison of religions. My focus is the concept...
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On the Principles That Serve as Guides to the Ontology of Quantum Mechanics
Is the ontology of non-relativistic quantum mechanics three dimensional (3N) or high dimensional (3ND)? This paper discusses two principles, proposed...
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Fundamentality and Levels in Everettian Quantum Mechanics
Distinctions in fundamentality between different levels of description are central to the viability of contemporary decoherence-based Everettian...
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The Metaphysics of Passage in Dynamical Reduction Models of Quantum Mechanics
The Dynamical Reduction Models (DRM) are among the main solutions to the measurement problem in quantum mechanics. DRM proposes to modify the...
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“Interpretations of Nature” in Polanyi’s Science, Faith and Society
In Science, Faith and Society, Michael Polanyi speaks about various ‘interpretations of nature’. I discuss the items that he has in mind, identify...
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Quantum Mind: Part 1
This chapter and the next review the question of what place does quantum thinking play in the post-Anthropocene, as questions of materiality are...
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Reconstructions of quantum theory: methodology and the role of axiomatization
Reconstructions of quantum theory are a novel research program in theoretical physics which aims to uncover the unique physical features of quantum...
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Quantum Matter
Quantum mechanics is a fundamental theory that represents physical processes at atomic and sub-atomic level. It is an extraordinarily successful...
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Everettian Mechanics with Hyperfinitely Many Worlds
The present paper shows how one might model Everettian quantum mechanics using hyperfinitely many worlds. A hyperfinite model allows one to consider...
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Subjectness of Intelligence: Quantum-Theoretic Analysis and Ethical Perspective
Recent developments in artificial intelligence urge clarification of its ethical and legal status. The issue revolves around the concept of...
