GRW as an ontology of dispositions
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Version: Final published version
Etat: Public
Version: Final published version
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Article: article d'un périodique ou d'un magazine.
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Titre
GRW as an ontology of dispositions
Périodique
Studies in History and Philosphy of Modern Physics
Statut éditorial
Publié
Date de publication
2010
Volume
41
Pages
41-49
Langue
anglais
Résumé
The paper argues that the formulation of quantum mechanics proposed by Ghirardi, Rimini and Weber (GRW) is a serious candidate for being a fundamental physical theory and explores its ontological commitments from this perspective. In particular, we propose to conceive of spatial superpositions of non-massless microsystems as dispositions or powers, more precisely propensities, to generate spontaneous localizations. We set out five reasons for this view, namely that (1) it provides for a clear sense in which quantum systems in entangled states possess properties even in the absence of definite values; (2) it vindicates objective, single-case probabilities; (3) it yields a clear transition from quantum to classical properties; (4) it enables to draw a clear distinction between purely mathematical and physical structures, and (5) it grounds the arrow of time in the time-irreversible manifestation of the propensities to localize.
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