2014/11/03 by Mauro Dorato, Michael Esfeld, Michaël Esfeld +2
Arts and Humanities · Physics and Astronomy · Psychology · #FOS: Physical sciences #History and Philosophy of Physics (physics.hist-ph) #Philosophy and History of Science #Philosophy and Theoretical Science #Quantum Mechanics and Applications #physics.hist-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1411.0605
arxiv created 2014/11/03 · openalex publication_date 2014/11/03 · arxiv updated 2014/11/04 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
The paper compares dispositionalism about laws of nature with primitivism. It argues that while the distinction between these two positions can be drawn in a clear-cut manner in classical mechanics, it is less clear in quantum mechanics, due to quantum non-locality. Nonetheless, the paper points out advantages for dispositionalism in comparison to primitivism also in the area of quantum mechanics, and of contemporary physics in general.