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View SchemaThe epistemic view of quantum states and the ether
| Authors | Louis Marchildon |
|---|---|
| Categories | |
| ArXiv ID | quant-ph/0510120 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0510120 |
| DOI | 10.1139/P06-018 |
| Journal | Canadian Journal of Physics 84 (2006) 523-9 |
Abstract
The idea that the wave function represents information, or knowledge, rather than the state of a microscopic object has been held to solve foundational problems of quantum mechanics. Realist interpretation schemes, like Bohmian trajectories, have been compared to the ether in pre-relativistic theories. I argue that the comparison is inadequate, and that the epistemic view of quantum states begs the question of interpretation.
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