Statistical VS Wave Realism in the Foundations of Quantum Mechanics

Abstract

Different realistic attitudes towards wavefunctions and quantum states are as old as quantum theory itself. Recently Pusey, Barret and Rudolph on the one hand, and Auletta and Tarozzi on the other, have proposed new interesting arguments in favor of a broad realistic interpretation of quantum mechanics that can be considered the modern heir to some views held by the fathers of quantum theory. In this paper we give a new and detailed presentation of such arguments, propose a new taxonomy of different realistic positions in the foundations of quantum mechanics and assess the scope, within this new taxonomy, of these realistic arguments.

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Vincenzo Fano
Università degli Studi di Urbino
Claudio Calosi
University of Venice
Pierluigi Graziani
Università degli Studi di Urbino