The Coalescence Approach to Inequivalent Representation
Pre-QM ∞ Parallels
Datos Bibliográficos
| ID | 8397347 |
|---|---|
| Autores | Caitlin Jacobs (0000-0001-6903-0468, Leiden University, autor de correspondencia), Caspar Jacobs |
| Año | 2023 |
| Volumen | 74 |
| Número | 4 |
| Páginas | 1069-1090 |
| Fecha de publicación | 2023-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Sí |
| Open Access | No |
| Tipo | ARTICLE |
| Revista | The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science (JOURNAL) |
| Identificadores de la revista | ISSN: 0007-0882 • E-ISSN: 1464-3537 |
| Editorial | University of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1086/715108 |
| OpenAlex | W3159467102 |
| Idioma | EN |
| Referencias citadas | 16 |
In Interpreting Quantum Theories, Ruetsche argues that the occurrence of unitarily inequivalent representations in quantum theories with infinitely many degrees of freedom poses a novel interpretational problem. According to Ruetsche, such theories compel us to reject the so-called ideal of pristine interpretation; she puts forward the ‘coalescence approach’ as an alternative. In this article I offer a novel defence of the coalescence approach. The defence rests on the claim that the ideal of pristine interpretation already fails before one considers the peculiarities of QM∞: there are pre-QM∞ parallels to coalescence. Despite this departure from pristinism, the ‘modest’ view that emerges poses no threat to scientific realism
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| Altamente citado | No |