European Journal for Philosophy of Science ( IF 1.5 ) Pub Date : 2024-02-21 , DOI: 10.1007/s13194-024-00573-w Cristian Lopez 1
In this paper, I critically assess two recent proposals for an interpretation-independent understanding of non-relativistic quantum mechanics: the overlap strategy (Fraser & Vickers, 2022) and the textbook account (Egg, 2021). My argument has three steps. I first argue that they presume a Quinean-Carnapian meta-ontological framework that yields flat, structureless ontologies. Second, such ontologies are unable to solve the problems that quantum ontologists want to solve. Finally, only structured ontologies are capable of solving the problems that quantum ontologists want to solve. But they require some dose of speculation. In the end, I defend the conservative way to do quantum ontology, which is (and must be) speculative and non-neutral.
中文翻译:
没有教科书的量子本体论。也不重叠
在本文中,我批判性地评估了最近关于非相对论量子力学的独立于解释的理解的两个提议:重叠策略(Fraser&Vickers,2022)和教科书帐户(Egg,2021)。我的论证分为三个步骤。我首先认为他们假设了一个奎因-卡纳皮式元本体论框架,该框架产生扁平的、无结构的本体论。其次,这样的本体无法解决量子本体论想要解决的问题。最后,只有结构化本体才能解决量子本体论想要解决的问题。但它们需要一定程度的猜测。最后,我捍卫量子本体论的保守方法,这种方法是(而且必须是)推测性的和非中立的。