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"Physical quantity" and " Physical reality" in Quantum Mechanics: an epistemological path

Quantum Physics 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

We reconsider briefly the relation between "physical quantity" and "physical reality in the light of recent interpretations of Quantum Mechanics. We argue, that these interpretations are conditioned from the epistemological relation between these two fundamental concepts. In detail, the choice as ontic level of the concept affect, the relative interpretation. We note, for instance, that the informational view of quantum mechanics (primacy of the subjectivity) is due mainly to the evidence of the "random" physical quantities as ontic element. We will analyze four positions: Einstein, Rovelli, d'Espagnat and Zeilinger.

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@article{arxiv.quant-ph/0612036,
  title  = {"Physical quantity" and " Physical reality" in Quantum Mechanics: an epistemological path},
  author = {David Vernette and Michele Caponigro},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:quant-ph/0612036},
  year   = {2007}
}

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