The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science
- M. Esfeld, Dustin Lazarovici, Vincent Lam, Mario Hubert
- PhilosophyNature
- 1 October 1957
The paper sets out a primitive ontology of the natural world in terms of primitive stuff, that is, stuff that has as such no physical properties at all, but that is not a bare substratum either,…
The Ontology of Bohmian Mechanics
- M. Esfeld, Mario Hubert, Dustin Lazarovici, D. Dürr
- PhilosophyBritish Journal for the Philosophy of Science
- 5 June 2014
The article points out that the modern formulation of Bohm’s quantum theory, known as Bohmian mechanics, is committed only to particles’ positions and a law of motion, and sketches out how these options apply to primitive ontology approaches to quantum mechanics in general.
Quantum entanglement and a metaphysics of relations
- M. Esfeld
- Philosophy
- 1 December 2004
Quantum Humeanism, or: physicalism without properties
- M. Esfeld
- Philosophy, Physics
- 22 March 2014
In recent literature, it has become clear that quantum physics does not refute Humeanism: Lewis’s thesis of Humean supervenience can be literally true even in the light of quantum entanglement. This…
Moderate structural realism about space-time
- M. Esfeld, Vincent Lam
- PhilosophySynthese
- 2006
A moderate version of metaphysical structural realism is set out, providing for a convincing understanding of space-time points in the standard tensor formulation of general relativity as well as in the fibre bundle formulation.
Social Practices.
- M. Esfeld
- MedicineThe Hastings center report
- 2017
In one way or another, several pieces in the November-December 2017 of the Hastings Center Report reflect an insistence on turning away from abstractions to learn how a whole community understands a…
Ontic structural realism and the interpretation of quantum mechanics
- M. Esfeld
- Philosophy
- 2013
This paper argues that ontic structural realism (OSR) faces a dilemma: either it remains on the general level of realism with respect to the structure of a given theory, but then it is, like…
A Minimalist Ontology of the Natural World
- M. Esfeld, D. Deckert
- Philosophy
- 3 November 2017
A dilemma for the emergence of spacetime in canonical quantum gravity
- Vincent Lam, M. Esfeld
- Physics, Philosophy
- 1 August 2013
The Modal Nature of Structures in Ontic Structural Realism
- M. Esfeld
- Philosophy
- 1 July 2009
Ontic structural realism is the view that structures are what is real in the first place in the domain of fundamental physics. The structures are usually conceived as including a primitive modality.…
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