3 papers
physics.hist-ph2026
What is Physics For? Why Classical Physics is not the Limit of Quantum Mechanics
Adam Frank, Jacques L. Pienaar, Michel Bitbol +4
Quantum mechanics is justifiably held to be the most successful physical theory ever created; yet no universally accepted interpretation of its mathematical formalism exists after…
quant-ph2026
The Limit and Its Ground. QBism, Scientific Realism, and the Born Rule
Harald A Wiltsche
QBists insist that theirs is a realist position while denying that the quantum formalism represents a mind-independent world. The insistence is hard to place. The realism debate is…
physics.hist-ph2026
Wave Function Realism and the Mathematization of Nature. A Phenomenological Perspective
Philipp Berghofer, Harald A. Wiltsche
This chapter reexamines wave function realism (WFR) through the lens of phenomenology. We begin by situating WFR within the broader debate about the ontology of the quantum state a…