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Was Schrödinger ever a determinist?
Flavio Del Santo, Nicolas Gisin
Erwin Schrödinger is often portrayed as a reactionary who resisted the indeterminism introduced by quantum mechanics, but on closer inspection his views on determinism prove to be…
Creative and geometric times in physics, mathematics, logic, and philosophy
Flavio Del Santo, Nicolas Gisin
We distinguish two different concepts of time that play a role in physics: \textit{geometric time} and \textit{creative time}. The former is the time of deterministic physics and m…
On playing gods: The fallacy of the many-worlds interpretation
Luis C. Barbado, Flavio Del Santo
We present a methodological argument to refute the so-called many-worlds interpretation (MWI) of quantum theory. Several known criticisms in the literature have already pointed out…
Between understanding and control: Science as a cultural product
Flavio Del Santo
Since the early days of humankind, people have been asking questions about Nature of two kinds: why did that happen? And how can that be used? In a broad sense, science was born th…
Against the "nightmare of a mechanically determined universe": Why Bohm was never a Bohmian
Flavio Del Santo, Gerd Christian Krizek
David Bohm has put forward the first deterministic interpretation of quantum physics, and for this he seems to be regarded as a champion of determinism by physicists (both his cont…
The open past in an indeterministic physics
Flavio Del Santo, Nicolas Gisin
Discussions on indeterminism in physics focus on the possibility of an open future, i.e. the possibility of having potential alternative future events, the realisation of one of wh…