A puzzle for the field ontologists

DOI10.1007/s10701-020-00390-0zbMath1458.81004arXiv2011.01532OpenAlexW3096114239MaRDI QIDQ828381

Shan Gao

Publication date: 8 January 2021

Published in: Foundations of Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2011.01532

zbMATH Keywords

quantum mechanicswave functionfield ontologyparticle ontologyself-interactions

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

General and philosophical questions in quantum theory (81P05) Gravitational interaction in quantum theory (81V17) Electromagnetic interaction; quantum electrodynamics (81V10)

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