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The Wave Function: Essays on the Metaphysics of Quantum Mechanics
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This is a volume of original essays on the metaphysics of quantum mechanics. The essays address questions such as: What fundamental metaphysics is best motivated by quantum mechanics? What is the ontological status of the wave function? What is the nature of the fundamental space (or space-time manifold) of quantum mechanics?
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Presenting the MWI as a theory of the universal wave function on configuration space obscures the connection between ontology and our experience.
“Another source of negative publicity is the controversy generated by presenting MWI as a theory of the universal wave function on configuration space [27], obscuring the connection between ontology and our experience.”
From Why the Many-Worlds Interpretation? (2022) · cites this paper as [27]
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The World in the Wave Function: A Metaphysics for Quantum Physics
Ney, A. (2021) · doi:10.1093/oso/9780190097714.001.0001 · Cited by 77
Self-citationQuantum mechanics as classical physics
Sebens, C. T. (2015) · Philosophy of Science · doi:10.1086/680190 · Cited by 48
Why the Many-Worlds Interpretation?
Vaidman, L. (2022) · Quantum Reports · doi:10.3390/quantum4030018 · Cited by 22
Wave function realism and three dimensions
Vaidman, L. (2022) · Synthese Library · doi:10.1007/978-3-030-99642-0_14 · Cited by 8
Metadata
- Authors
- Albert, D. Z., & Ney, A.
- Venue
- Oxford University Press eBooks
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Published
- 2013-04-08
- OpenAlex
- W1588653018
- Cited by
- 202
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2026: 25 · 2025: 6 · 2024: 14 · 2023: 7 · 2022: 18 · 2021: 27 · 2020: 14 · 2019: 17 · 2018: 10 · 2017: 14 · 2016: 7 · 2015: 21 · 2014: 14 · 2013: 8
- FWCI
- 7.97
- Type
- book
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Oxford University Press eBooks (publishedVersion)
- Digital Access to Libraries (Université catholique de Louvain (UCL), l'Université de Namur (UNamur) and the Université Saint-Louis (USL-B)) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics › Quantum Mechanics and Applications
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Philosophy › Philosophy and Theoretical Science
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › History and Philosophy of Science › Philosophy of Biology and Scientific Explanation
- Keywords
- wave functions, metaphysics of quantum mechanics, spacetime manifold, interpretation of quantum mechanics
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