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Abstract
I show that Bohmian mechanics may be highly valued by anti-realists, such as cognitive instrumentalists, although it is typically understood to be a realist interpretation of quantum mechanics. I argue that it possesses significant theoretical virtues – and is a vehicle for fostering non-factive understanding concerning how many phenomena interrelate – even if it fails to be approximately true (or true to any significant degree in what it says about unobservable entities). I employ several examples from the history of science to illuminate and support this view.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Quantum Mechanics and Fundamentality : Naturalizing Quantum Theory between Scientific Realism and Ontological Indeterminacy |
Editors | Valia ALLORI |
Publisher | Springer, Cham |
Chapter | 6 |
Pages | 81-94 |
Number of pages | 14 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9783030996420 |
ISBN (Print) | 9783030996413 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 28 Jul 2022 |
Publication series
Name | Synthese Library |
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Volume | 460 |
ISSN (Print) | 0166-6991 |
ISSN (Electronic) | 2542-8292 |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© 2022, The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG.
Funding
My work on this paper was supported by a GRF Grant from Hong Kong’s RGC (‘Scientific Progress: Foundational Issues’) and the Center for Foundations of Science, University of Pittsburgh (via a Visiting Fellowship). I am also grateful to David Wallace and two anonymous referees for comments on an earlier version.
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Scientific Progress: Foundational Issues (科學進展:根本問題)
ROWBOTTOM, D. P. (PI)
Research Grants Council (HKSAR)
1/08/20 → 31/07/22
Project: Grant Research