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On quantum fundamentalism

History and Philosophy of Physics 2023-07-26 v1 Quantum Physics

Abstract

According to one possible diagnosis of the quantum measurement problem, it is a consequence of quantum fundamentalism claiming that ontology and epistemology of the world are exclusively quantum, and classical physics is only an approximation. For N. Bohr, the measurement problem is a pseudo-problem because any quantum phenomenon presupposes the classical context of an experimental setup and the use of classical concepts to describe it. We consider Bohr's position from the point of view of our contextual quantum realism (CQR), inspired by the later Wittgenstein philosophy. Our approach is consistent with H. Zinkernagel's interpretation, according to which Bohr's position is not only epistemological anti-fundamentalism, but also ontological anti-fundamentalism.

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@article{arxiv.2307.12992,
  title  = {On quantum fundamentalism},
  author = {Francois-Igor Pris},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2307.12992},
  year   = {2023}
}

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6 pages

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