On the conceptual issues surrounding the notion of relational Bohmian dynamics

DOI10.1007/S10701-016-9992-ZMaRDI QIDQ2011804zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Antonio Vassallo, Pui Him Ip

Publication date 7 August 2017

Published in Foundations of Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1602.02468

zbMATH Keywords

background independenceBohmian mechanicsprimitive ontologyshape spacerelationalismbest-matchingtime capsule

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Physics (00A79) General and philosophical questions in quantum theory (81P05) Stochastic mechanics (including stochastic electrodynamics) (81P20) Alternative quantum mechanics (including hidden variables, etc.) (81Q65)

Abstract: The paper presents a program to construct a non-relativistic relational Bohmian theory, that is, a theory of $N$ moving point-like particles that dispenses with space and time as fundamental background structures. The relational program proposed is based on the best-matching framework originally developed by Julian Barbour. In particular, the paper focuses on the conceptual problems that arise when trying to implement such a program. It is argued that pursuing a relational strategy in the Bohmian context leads to a more parsimonious ontology than that of standard Bohmian mechanics without betraying the original motivations for adopting a primitive ontology approach to quantum physics. It is also shown how a relational Bohmian approach might clarify the issue of the timelessness of the dynamics resulting from the quantization of a classical relational system of particles.

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