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Was David Bohm a Wave Function Realist?
University of Skövde, School of Bioscience. University of Skövde, Systems Biology Research Environment. Department of Philosophy, History and Art Studies, University of Helsinki, Finland. (Cognitive Neuroscience and Philosophy)ORCID iD: 0000-0001-7838-8293
2025 (English)In: Journal of Physics, Conference Series, ISSN 1742-6588, E-ISSN 1742-6596, Vol. 2948, article id 012013Article in journal (Refereed) Published
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One of the more radical ideas to have emerged in recent metaphysics of quantum theory is wave function realism, according to which the fundamental spatial framework of the world is one of very many dimensions.  At first sight this idea sounds similar to the notion of a multidimensional implicate order the physicist David Bohm proposed on the basis of quantum theory in the 1980s.  This paper briefly considers Bohm’s various attempts to provide a realist interpretation of the wave function in order to clarify whether or not Bohm was anticipating and even endorsing wave function realism with his implicate order theory.  The underlying question is what quantum theory — and non-locality in particular — is trying to tell us about the more fundamental nature of the physical world.

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Bristol: Institute of Physics Publishing (IOPP), 2025. Vol. 2948, article id 012013
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Wave function realism, implicate order, interpretation of quantum theory
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Consciousness and Cognitive Neuroscience
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URN: urn:nbn:se:his:diva-24942DOI: 10.1088/1742-6596/2948/1/012013ISI: 001441100000013Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85218465345OAI: oai:DiVA.org:his-24942DiVA, id: diva2:1942614
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Physics and Reality: International Conference on Philosophy of Physics 04/06/2024 - 06/06/2024 Helsinki, Finland / [ed] Avril Styrman; Paavo Pylkkänen; Saara Wuokko

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