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Intro; Editor's Foreword; Contents and Summaries; Philosophers Look at Quantum Mechanics; Part I: Bell's Theorem and the Debate on Realism; Part II: Ontological Explorations of QM; Part III: Local Scientific Realism; Part IV: Individuals, Individuation, and QM; Part V: Copenhagen Insights Revisited; Part VI: Calls to Reconceptualize QM; Contents; Contributors; 1 Introduction: Philosophers Look at Quantum Mechanics; 1.1 From Solvay to Bell's Theorem; 1.2 Non-realist Stances; 1.2.1 General Empiricism; 1.2.2 More Specific Non-realisms; 1.2.3 Anti-Classicism; 1.3 The Realist Outlook Today
1.4 Ontic Interpretations1.5 Fine-Grain Explorations; 1.6 Individuals and Individuation; 1.7 Revisiting Insights from Copenhagen; 1.8 Calls to Reconceptualize QM; 1.9 Warranted Realism About What?; References; Part I Bell's Theorem and the Debate on Realism; 2 Inseparable Twins: A Conversation with Alain Aspect; 3 Bell's Theorem, Realism, and Locality; References; 4 The Universal and the Local in Quantum Theory; 4.1 The Theory of Local Beables; 4.2 Non-local Beables; 4.3 Bohmian Mechanics and the Conditional Wavefunction; References; Part II Ontological Explorations of QM
5 The Reality of the Wavefunction: Old Arguments and New5.1 Non-realist Interpretations of the Wavefunction; 5.2 Wider Concerns; 5.2.1 Interference; 5.2.2 Phase Matters; 5.2.3 The Stability of Matter; 5.3 Remarks on QBism; References; 6 Preliminary Considerations on the Emergence of Space and Time; References; 7 Decoherence and Ontology; References; 8 Bohmian Mechanics and Its Ontological Commitments; 8.1 Introduction; 8.2 A Putative Indeterminism: "Copenhagen"; 8.3 Formalism Versus Interpretation; 8.4 A Counter Example: Bohmian Mechanics; 8.5 Ontological Implications: Your Choice
8.6 ConclusionsReferences; 9 The Nomological Interpretation of the Wave Function; 9.1 Introduction; 9.2 The Nomological Interpretation: Motivations and Positive Analogies; 9.2.1 Against the Field Interpretation of the Wave Function; 9.2.2 The Analogy with the Hamiltonian; 9.3 The Nomological Interpretation: Negative Analogies and DGZ's Way Out; 9.3.1 The DGZ Response to 1.
3.: Conditional Wave Functions to the Rescue; 9.4 Problems. 1.
3.: Other Responses in the Literature; 9.4.1 Problem 1.: Time Dependent Laws; 9.4.2 Problem 2: Contingency; 9.4.3 Problem 3: A Hierarchy of Laws?
9.5 Dispositionalism About Laws and the Nomological ViewReferences; Part III Local Scientific Realism; 10 Scientific Realism Meets Metaphysics of Quantum Mechanics; 10.1 Introduction; 10.2 The Epistemic Demarcation Problem; 10.3 Realist `Recipes' to Rescue?; 10.4 Accounting for the Empirical Success of QM; 10.5 Is This Realism at All?; References; 11 Structural Realism and the Standard Model; 11.1 Introduction; 11.2 The Standard Model; 11.3 The Challenge for the Realist; 11.4 Symmetries and Laws; 11.5 The Parmenidean Structuralist; 11.6 Tune In and Drop Out; 11.7 Measurement Outcomes; 11.8 To Eliminate or Not, That Is the Question
1.4 Ontic Interpretations1.5 Fine-Grain Explorations; 1.6 Individuals and Individuation; 1.7 Revisiting Insights from Copenhagen; 1.8 Calls to Reconceptualize QM; 1.9 Warranted Realism About What?; References; Part I Bell's Theorem and the Debate on Realism; 2 Inseparable Twins: A Conversation with Alain Aspect; 3 Bell's Theorem, Realism, and Locality; References; 4 The Universal and the Local in Quantum Theory; 4.1 The Theory of Local Beables; 4.2 Non-local Beables; 4.3 Bohmian Mechanics and the Conditional Wavefunction; References; Part II Ontological Explorations of QM
5 The Reality of the Wavefunction: Old Arguments and New5.1 Non-realist Interpretations of the Wavefunction; 5.2 Wider Concerns; 5.2.1 Interference; 5.2.2 Phase Matters; 5.2.3 The Stability of Matter; 5.3 Remarks on QBism; References; 6 Preliminary Considerations on the Emergence of Space and Time; References; 7 Decoherence and Ontology; References; 8 Bohmian Mechanics and Its Ontological Commitments; 8.1 Introduction; 8.2 A Putative Indeterminism: "Copenhagen"; 8.3 Formalism Versus Interpretation; 8.4 A Counter Example: Bohmian Mechanics; 8.5 Ontological Implications: Your Choice
8.6 ConclusionsReferences; 9 The Nomological Interpretation of the Wave Function; 9.1 Introduction; 9.2 The Nomological Interpretation: Motivations and Positive Analogies; 9.2.1 Against the Field Interpretation of the Wave Function; 9.2.2 The Analogy with the Hamiltonian; 9.3 The Nomological Interpretation: Negative Analogies and DGZ's Way Out; 9.3.1 The DGZ Response to 1.
3.: Conditional Wave Functions to the Rescue; 9.4 Problems. 1.
3.: Other Responses in the Literature; 9.4.1 Problem 1.: Time Dependent Laws; 9.4.2 Problem 2: Contingency; 9.4.3 Problem 3: A Hierarchy of Laws?
9.5 Dispositionalism About Laws and the Nomological ViewReferences; Part III Local Scientific Realism; 10 Scientific Realism Meets Metaphysics of Quantum Mechanics; 10.1 Introduction; 10.2 The Epistemic Demarcation Problem; 10.3 Realist `Recipes' to Rescue?; 10.4 Accounting for the Empirical Success of QM; 10.5 Is This Realism at All?; References; 11 Structural Realism and the Standard Model; 11.1 Introduction; 11.2 The Standard Model; 11.3 The Challenge for the Realist; 11.4 Symmetries and Laws; 11.5 The Parmenidean Structuralist; 11.6 Tune In and Drop Out; 11.7 Measurement Outcomes; 11.8 To Eliminate or Not, That Is the Question