dorsal/arxiv
View SchemaA space for the quantum world
| Authors | Ulrich Mohrhoff |
|---|---|
| Categories | |
| ArXiv ID | quant-ph/0107005 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0107005 |
Abstract
Epistemic interpretations of quantum mechanics fail to address the puzzle posed by the occurrence of probabilities in a fundamental physical theory. This is a puzzle about the physical world, not a puzzle about our relation to the physical world. Its solution requires a new concept of physical space, presented in this article. An examination of how the mind and the brain construct the phenomenal world reveals the psychological and neurobiological reasons why we think about space in ways that are inadequate to the physical world. The resulting notion that space is an intrinsically partitioned expanse has up to now stood in the way of a consistent ontological interpretation.
{
"annotation_id": "d42a532e-52ad-4eee-9265-e864b92ed8ae",
"date_created": "2026-03-02T18:01:45.331000Z",
"date_modified": "2026-03-02T18:01:45.331000Z",
"file_hash": "deee09154e15b44ce1247c2edb01fe64201bce27e2d1db3720ae82697a694a8e",
"private": false,
"record": {
"abstract": "Epistemic interpretations of quantum mechanics fail to address the puzzle\nposed by the occurrence of probabilities in a fundamental physical theory. This\nis a puzzle about the physical world, not a puzzle about our relation to the\nphysical world. Its solution requires a new concept of physical space,\npresented in this article. An examination of how the mind and the brain\nconstruct the phenomenal world reveals the psychological and neurobiological\nreasons why we think about space in ways that are inadequate to the physical\nworld. The resulting notion that space is an intrinsically partitioned expanse\nhas up to now stood in the way of a consistent ontological interpretation.",
"arxiv_id": "quant-ph/0107005",
"authors": [
"Ulrich Mohrhoff"
],
"categories": [
"quant-ph"
],
"title": "A space for the quantum world",
"url": "https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0107005"
},
"schema_id": "dorsal/arxiv",
"source": {
"execution_id": "d902c901-ffdf-498f-805b-ff29a683e7f3",
"id": "arXiv Dataset IDs",
"type": "Model",
"variant": "snapshot-2026-03-01",
"version": "0.1.0"
},
"user_id": 1000002
}