Striving for Realism, not for Determinism: Historical Misconceptions on Einstein and Bohm
History and Philosophy of Physics
2020-10-20 v1 Quantum Physics
Abstract
In this paper I show that, while Einstein and Bohm both pursued a deterministic description of quantum mechanics, their philosophical concern was in fact primarily realism and not determinism. Their alleged firm adherence to determinism is based on a long-lasting misleading narrative and it should therefore be greatly scaled down.
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@article{arxiv.1807.07656,
title = {Striving for Realism, not for Determinism: Historical Misconceptions on Einstein and Bohm},
author = {Flavio Del Santo},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1807.07656},
year = {2020}
}
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5 pages, 1 figure