Configuration Space Non-Fundamentalism: An Ontological Structure
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2020-06-02
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The purpose of this thesis is to explore ontological interpretations of quantum mechanics and present a new ontological structure, which will be called Configuration Space non-Fundamentalism. The structure assumes a 3 x 10^80-dimensional universe, in which reside a non-fundamental, 3 x 10^80-dimensional wave function field and fundamental three-dimensional entities. It will be motivated in the context of other ontological interpretations as one of the most straightforward interpretations of quantum mechanics. I intend for these motivations to show that Configuration Space non-Fundamentalism is worthy of further consideration and specification.
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philosophy of quantum mechanics, ontology, metaphysics, Configuration Space Realism, Humeanism