Seminar on History and Philosophy of Science
Dabney Hall 110 (Treasure Room)
Nothing is real, but thank God it's epistemic
Mario Hubert,
Howard E. and Susanne C. Jessen Postdoctoral Instructor in Philosophy of Physics,
Caltech,
Abstract: The PBR-theorem aimed at proving that the wave-function has to represent objective features of a physical system. There have been many attempts to interpret the wave-function as not representing the objective physical state of a quantum system by abandoning one of the assumptions of the PBR-theorem. I argue that each theory that violates either of the assumptions meets unsurmountable problems. The most severe is to give up objective reality.
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Seminar on History and Philosophy of Science