The Ontology of Bohmian Mechanics
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Publication:2944391
DOI10.1093/BJPS/AXT019zbMath1319.81009arXiv1406.1371OpenAlexW2097150889MaRDI QIDQ2944391
Detlef Dürr, Michael Esfeld, Dustin Lazarovici, Mario Hubert
Publication date: 2 September 2015
Published in: The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science (Search for Journal in Brave)
Abstract: The paper points out that the modern formulation of Bohm's quantum theory known as Bohmian mechanics is committed only to particles' positions and a law of motion. We explain how this view can avoid the open questions that the traditional view faces according to which Bohm's theory is committed to a wave-function that is a physical entity over and above the particles, although it is defined on configuration space instead of three-dimensional space. We then enquire into the status of the law of motion, elaborating on how the main philosophical options to ground a law of motion, namely Humeanism and dispositionalism, can be applied to Bohmian mechanics. In conclusion, we sketch out how these options apply to primitive ontology approaches to quantum mechanics in general.
Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1406.1371
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