The wave function of quantum mechanics can be understood in terms of the dispositional role it plays in the dynamics of a distribution of matter in three-dimensional space (or four-dimensional spacetime). There is more than one way, however, of specifying its dispositional role. This paper considers Suárez’s theory of ‘Bohmian dispositionalism’, in which the particles are endowed with their own ‘Bohmian dispositions’, and Simpson’s theory of ‘Cosmic Hylomorphism’, in which the particle configuration comprises a hylomorphic substance which has an intrinsic power. I argue that Bohmian dispositionalism fails to capture intuitively correct counterfactuals about what would happen in Small Worlds which have only a small number of particles, but that this problem is avoided by Cosmic Hylomorphism, in which the cosmic power manifests a teleological process.

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具有宇宙力量的小世界

量子力学的波函数可以根据它在三维空间（或四维时空）中物质分布的动力学中所扮演的配置角色来理解。然而，指定其处置角色的方法不止一种。本文考虑了苏亚雷斯的“波姆倾向论”理论，其中粒子被赋予了自己的“波姆倾向论”，以及辛普森的“宇宙Hylomorphism”理论，其中粒子构型包含具有内在力量的Hylomorphism。我认为波姆倾向论未能直观地捕捉到关于只有少量粒子的小世界中会发生什么的正确反事实，但这个问题可以通过宇宙Hylomorphism避免，