UnBorn:probability in Bohmian mechanics
Ruetsche, Laura
(2023)
UnBorn:probability in Bohmian mechanics
Philosophy of Physics, 1 (1): 1.
ISSN 2753-5908
Why are quantum probabilities encoded in measures corresponding to wave functions, rather than by a more general class of measures? Call this question WHY BORN? I argue that orthodox quantum mechanics has a compelling answer to WHY BORN? but Bohmian mechanics might not. I trace Bohmian difficulties with WHY BORN? to its antistructuralism, its denial of physical significance to the algebraic structure of quantum observables, and I propose other cases where Bohmian antistructuralism might have an explanatory cost.
| Item Type | Article |
|---|---|
| Departments | LSE |
| DOI | 10.31389/pop.24 |
| Date Deposited | 04 Dec 2023 12:18 |
| URI | https://researchonline.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/120918 |
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