Primitive ontology and quantum field theory

DOI10.1007/s13194-015-0113-1zbMath1382.81021OpenAlexW2031910353WikidataQ98469693 ScholiaQ98469693MaRDI QIDQ1705297

Vincent Lam

Publication date: 15 March 2018

Published in: European Journal for Philosophy of Science (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: http://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/11366/1/PO_and_QFT.pdf

zbMATH Keywords

fieldsparticlesquantum field theoryFock spaceBohmian mechanicsprimitive ontologylocal beablesunitarily inequivalent representations

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Logical foundations of quantum mechanics; quantum logic (quantum-theoretic aspects) (81P10)

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