Tightrope-walking rationality in action: Feyerabendian insights for the foundations of quantum mechanics

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2212.12782v3
• Date: Fri, 7 Jun 2024 08:29:03 GMT
• Title: Tightrope-walking rationality in action: Feyerabendian insights for the foundations of quantum mechanics
• Authors: Daniele Oriti,
• Abstract summary: We take as our starting point what Feyerabend has actually written about quantum mechanics. We extend our analysis to his general views on realism, objectivity, pluralism, and the relation between physics and philosophy.
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• Abstract: We scan Paul K. Feyerabend's work in philosophy of physics and of science more generally for insights that could be useful for the contemporary debate on the foundations of quantum mechanics. We take as our starting point what Feyerabend has actually written about quantum mechanics, but we extend our analysis to his general views on realism, objectivity, pluralism, and the relation between physics and philosophy, finding that these more general views could in fact offer many interesting insights for physicists and philosophers working on quantum foundations.

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