Quantum fields are not fields. Comment on "There are no particles, there are only fields," by Art Hobson [Am. J. Phys. 81(3), 211-223 (2013)]

Abstract

We comment on a recent paper by Hobson, explaining that quantum "fields" are no more fields than quantum "particles" are particles, so that the replacement of a particle ontology by an all-field ontology cannot solve the typical interpretational problems of quantum mechanics.

To appear in the Am. J. Phys., with a response from the author

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• There are no particles, there are only fields
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