Configuration Space Non-Fundamentalism: An Ontological Structure
dc.contributor | Mitchell, Samuel | |
dc.contributor | Shepardson, Dylan | |
dc.contributor.advisor | Emery, Nina | |
dc.contributor.author | Kerbel, Gabrielle | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2020-06-02T14:05:03Z | |
dc.date.available | 2020-06-02T14:05:03Z | |
dc.date.gradyear | 2020 | en_US |
dc.date.issued | 2020-06-02 | |
dc.description.abstract | 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. | en_US |
dc.description.sponsorship | Philosophy | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10166/6030 | |
dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
dc.rights.restricted | public | en_US |
dc.subject | philosophy of quantum mechanics | en_US |
dc.subject | ontology | en_US |
dc.subject | metaphysics | en_US |
dc.subject | Configuration Space Realism | en_US |
dc.subject | Humeanism | en_US |
dc.title | Configuration Space Non-Fundamentalism: An Ontological Structure | en_US |
dc.type | Thesis | |
mhc.degree | Undergraduate | en_US |
mhc.institution | Mount Holyoke College |
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