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FOUNDATIONS OF PHYSICS
Volume 52, Issue 6, Pages -Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s10701-022-00639-w
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Primitive ontology; Bohmian mechanics; de-Broglie-Bohm theory; Wave function realism; Quantum state realism; Measurement problem
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This paper discusses the importance of Bohmian mechanics and a primitive ontology, emphasizing the issue of observability in quantum theories and explaining why Einstein's epistemological model supports the use of a primitive ontology.
Bohmian mechanics grounds the predictions of quantum mechanics in precise dynamical laws for a primitive ontology of point particles. In an appraisal of the de-Broglie-Bohm theory, the paper discusses the crucial epistemological and conceptual role that a primitive ontology plays within a physical theory. It argues that quantum theories without primitive ontology fail to make contact with observable reality in a clear and consistent manner. Finally, it discusses Einstein's epistemological model and why it supports the primitive ontology approach.
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