Is the Statistical Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics $\psi$-Ontic or $\psi$-Epistemic?

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2211.07057v1
• Date: Mon, 14 Nov 2022 00:30:56 GMT
• Title: Is the Statistical Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics $\psi$-Ontic or $\psi$-Epistemic?
• Authors: Mario Hubert
• Abstract summary: The ontological models framework distinguishes $psi$-ontic from $psi$-epistemic wavefunctions. I will argue that the wavefunction in this interpretation is best regarded as $psi$-ontic and incomplete.
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• Abstract: The ontological models framework distinguishes $\psi$-ontic from $\psi$-epistemic wavefunctions. It is, in general, quite straightforward to categorize the wave-function of a certain quantum theory. Nevertheless, there has been a debate about the ontological status of the wave-function in the statistical interpretation of quantum mechanics: is it $\psi$-epistemic and incomplete or $\psi$-ontic and complete? I will argue that the wavefunction in this interpretation is best regarded as $\psi$-ontic and incomplete.

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