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    "abstract": "We begin by discussing ``What exists?\u0027\u0027, i.e. ontology, in Classical Physics\nwhich provided a description of physical phenomena at the macroscopic level.\nThe microworld however necessitates a introduction of Quantum ideas for its\nunderstanding. It is almost certain that the world is quantum mechanical at\nboth microscopic as well as at macroscopic level. The problem of ontology of a\nQuantum world is a difficult one. It also depends on which interpretation is\nused. We first discuss some interpretations in which Quantum Mechanics does not\nprovide a complete framework but has to be supplemented by extra ingredients\ne.g. (i) Copenhagen group of interpretations associated with the names of Niels\nBohr, Heisenberg, von-Neumann, and (ii) de-Broglie-Bohm interpretations. We\nthen look at some interpretations in which Quantum mechanics is supposed to\nprovide the entire framework such as (i) Everett-deWitt many world, (ii)\nquantum histories interpretations. We conclude with some remarks on the\nrigidity of the formalism of quantum mechanics, which is sharp contrast to it\u0027s\nontological fluidity.",
    "arxiv_id": "quant-ph/0412148",
    "authors": [
      "Virendra Singh"
    ],
    "categories": [
      "quant-ph"
    ],
    "title": "Quantum Mechanics and Reality",
    "url": "https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0412148"
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