Maxwell, N;
(2004)
Does probabilism solve the great quantum mystery?
Theoria
, 19/3
(51)
321 - 336.
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Abstract
What sort of entities are electrons, photons and atoms given their wave-like and particle-like properties? Is nature fundamentally deterministic or probabilistic? Orthodox quantum theory (OQT) evades answering these two basic questions by being a theory about the results of performing measurements on quantum systems. But this evasion results in OQT being a seriously defective theory. A rival, somewhat ignored strategy is to conjecture that the quantum domain is fundamentally probabilistic. This means quantum entities, interacting with one another probabilistically, must differ radically from the entities of deterministic classical physics, the classical wave or particle. It becomes possible to conceive of quantum entities as a new kind of fundamentally probabilistic entity, the “propensiton”, neither wave nor particle. A fully micro realistic, testable rival to OQT results.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Does probabilism solve the great quantum mystery? |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| Publisher version: | http://www.ehu.es/ojs/index.php/THEORIA/article/vi... |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | Full text made available here under the terms of a Creative Commons Licence: Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.5 Generic http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/deed.en |
| Keywords: | Philosophy of Science, Quantum Theory, Realism, Probabilism, Wave/Particle Dilemma, Propensities |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences > Dept of Science and Technology Studies |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/105632 |
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