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I don't see any confused thinking here. This is not run-of-the-mill ontological reductionism; this is a rejection of ontological realism, which nearly everyone
by vehemenz 6y ago
I don't see any confused thinking here.
This is not run-of-the-mill ontological reductionism; this is a rejection of ontological realism, which nearly everyone takes for granted (including you, from the sound of it), but many philosophers do not.
The connection between ontological anti-realism and relational quantum mechanics (Rovelli's brainchild) is pretty straightforward. I think Rovelli is arguing that the quantum measurement problem is only a problem if we assert things ontologically, in terms of what's exactly here and there, rather than an expression of a relation between the measuring device and the system.
- beaconstudios 6y agoThis is interesting, does Rovelli lay these ideas out in a book? The idea that quantum mechanics are based in causality but not realism aligns closely with my own metaphysical beliefs based in an interpretation of idealism from a cybernetic (study of nonlinear causality) perspective. It would be interesting to hear his case.
- vehemenz 6y agoThe idea of RQM was a originally a paper by Rovelli. It is one of the major interpretations of quantum mechanics. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Relational_quantum_mechanics https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Relational_quantum_mechanics https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/qm-relational/ https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/qm-relational/
- slibhb 6y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helgoland_(book) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helgoland_(book)