The relational ontology of contemporary physics
- URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2201.00907v2
- Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2022 02:53:23 GMT
- Title: The relational ontology of contemporary physics
- Authors: Francesca Vidotto
- Abstract summary: Quantum theory can be understood as pointing to an ontology of relations.
I observe that this reading of quantum mechanics is supported by the ubiquity of relationality in contemporary fundamental physics.
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- Abstract: Quantum theory can be understood as pointing to an ontology of relations. I
observe that this reading of quantum mechanics is supported by the ubiquity of
relationality in contemporary fundamental physics, including in classical
mechanics, gauge theories, general relativity, quantum field theory, and the
tentative theories of quantum gravity.
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