Configuration Space Non-Fundamentalism: An Ontological Structure

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dc.contributorMitchell, Samuel
dc.contributorShepardson, Dylan
dc.contributor.advisorEmery, Nina
dc.contributor.authorKerbel, Gabrielle
dc.date.accessioned2020-06-02T14:05:03Z
dc.date.available2020-06-02T14:05:03Z
dc.date.gradyear2020en_US
dc.date.issued2020-06-02
dc.description.abstractThe 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.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipPhilosophyen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10166/6030
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.rights.restrictedpublicen_US
dc.subjectphilosophy of quantum mechanicsen_US
dc.subjectontologyen_US
dc.subjectmetaphysicsen_US
dc.subjectConfiguration Space Realismen_US
dc.subjectHumeanismen_US
dc.titleConfiguration Space Non-Fundamentalism: An Ontological Structureen_US
dc.typeThesis
mhc.degreeUndergraduateen_US
mhc.institutionMount Holyoke College

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