Realism and the wave-function

Details Realism and the wave-function Realism and the wave-function

2002-08-03

arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0208018v1

Eur. J . Phys. 23, 285 (2002)

Physics

Quantum Physics

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10.1088/0143-0807/23/3/307

Realism -- the idea that the concepts in physical theories refer to 'things' existing in the real world -- is introduced as a tool to analyze the status of the wave-function. Although the physical entities are recognized by the existence of invariant quantities, examples from classical and quantum physics suggest that not all the theoretical terms refer to the entities: some terms refer to properties of the entities, and some terms have only an epistemic function. In particular, it is argued that the wave-function may be written in terms of classical non-referring and epistemic terms. The implications for realist interpretations of quantum mechanics and on the teaching of quantum physics are examined.

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