The problem of ontology for spontaneous collapse theories

DOI10.1016/J.SHPSB.2004.03.001MaRDI QIDQ640076zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Bradley Monton

Publication date 17 October 2011

Published in Studies in History and Philosophy of Science. Part B. Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL http://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/1410/1/ontology_GRW3.pdf

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zbMATH Keywords

wave function ontologyGRW theorycounting anomalydynamical reduction theoriesfuzzy linkmass density linkspontaneous localization theories

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

General and philosophical questions in quantum theory (81P05) Philosophy of mathematics (00A30)

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