The problem of ontology for spontaneous collapse theories

DOI10.1016/J.SHPSB.2004.03.001zbMath1222.81076OpenAlexW2170051631MaRDI QIDQ640076

Bradley Monton

Publication date: 17 October 2011

Published in: Studies in History and Philosophy of Science. Part B. Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: http://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/1410/1/ontology_GRW3.pdf

zbMATH Keywords

wave function ontologyGRW theorycounting anomalydynamical reduction theoriesfuzzy linkmass density linkspontaneous localization theories

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Philosophy of mathematics (00A30) General and philosophical questions in quantum theory (81P05)

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