The failure of Ontological Excess Baggage as a Criterion of the Ontic Approaches to Quantum Theory
arXiv:1005.3625 · doi:10.1016/j.shpsb.2010.04.002
Abstract
This article presents a discussion of the notion of quantum ontological excess baggage, first proposed by Hardy. It is argued here that this idea does not have the significance as suggested in his paper. It is shown here that if this concept is properly analyzed, it fails to pose any threat to the ontic approaches of quantum theory in general.
To be published in Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics