A Critique of Ontological Pluralism: the case of Quantum Mechanichs

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12/2015
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Universidad El Bosque. Departamento de Humanidades. Programa de Filosofía
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Revista Colombiana de Filosofía de la Ciencia
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0124-4620
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2463-1159
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La mecánica cuántica (MC) es, desde una perspectiva científica, la teoría más exitosa jamás formulada. Desde una perspectiva filosófica, es la teoría científica más polémica. Su formalismo desafía principios profundamente arraigados, que consideramos esenciales al pensamiento racional. Mi trabajo tiene dos objetivos. El primero es argumentar que MC implica un desafío ontológico y no óntico, como ha sido interpretado tradicionalmente en la filosofía analítica. El segundo es sugerir que la posición filosófica denominada “pluralismo ontológico” sufre de una debilidad interna debido a sus compromisos filosóficos con una concepción representacional de las teorías científicas.
Scientifically speaking, quantum mechanics (QM) is the most successful theory ever made. Philosophically speaking, however, it is the most controversial theory. Its basic principles seem to contravene our deepest intuitions about reality, which are reflected in the metaphysical commitments of classical mechanics (CM). The aim of this paper is twofold. First, I argue that QM implies an ontological challenge, and not merely an “ontic” one, as it has been traditionally interpreted in the analytic tradition. Second, I suggest that positions known as “ontological pluralism” exhibit an internal weakness due to its unwarranted compromise to a representational view of scientific theories.
Scientifically speaking, quantum mechanics (QM) is the most successful theory ever made. Philosophically speaking, however, it is the most controversial theory. Its basic principles seem to contravene our deepest intuitions about reality, which are reflected in the metaphysical commitments of classical mechanics (CM). The aim of this paper is twofold. First, I argue that QM implies an ontological challenge, and not merely an “ontic” one, as it has been traditionally interpreted in the analytic tradition. Second, I suggest that positions known as “ontological pluralism” exhibit an internal weakness due to its unwarranted compromise to a representational view of scientific theories.
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