Una ontología modal de relaciones para la mecánica cuántica

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  • Matias Daniel Pasqualini Universidad Nacional de Rosario

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https://doi.org/10.35588/cc.v4i1.6151

Palabras clave:

Entrelazamiento cuántico, Holismo cuántico, Monismo de prioridad, Ontología de propiedades, Realismo estructural moderado, Realismo estructural óntico

Resumen

En correspondencia con las interpretaciones modales de la mecánica cuántica, Lombardi y Castagnino (2008) y da Costa, Lombardi y Lastiri (2013) han propuesto para dicha teoría una ontología de haces de propiedades posibles intrínsecas, centrada principalmente en las cuestiones de la contextualidad e indistinguibilidad cuánticas. En correspondencia con la interpretación conocida como “mecánica cuántica relacional” (Rovelli, 1996), se han propuesto dos ontologías basadas en relaciones. Laura Candiotto (2017) aboga por una metafísica de relaciones radical, considerada por la autora como una instancia del llamado “realismo estructural óntico”. Alternativamente, Andrea Oldofredi (2021) propone una ontología de haces de relaciones, considerada por el autor como una instancia del llamado “realismo estructural moderado”. Desde la década de 1980, el tema del entrelazamiento cuántico ha llevado a varios autores (Teller, Healey, Howard, Esfeld) a defender que la mecánica cuántica comporta una forma de holismo. Se ha defendido que el holismo de la mecánica cuántica da apoyo a la tesis metafísica conocida como “monismo de prioridad” (Schaffer, 2010a). En este artículo, se propone una ontología de la mecánica cuántica en la que las propiedades de los sistemas cuánticos revisten a la vez carácter modal y relacional. Como resultado, se obtiene una ontología de la mecánica cuántica holista que resulta una instancia del monismo de prioridad y del realismo estructural moderado.

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Una ontología modal de relaciones para la mecánica cuántica. (2023). Culturas Científicas, 4(1), 53-78. https://doi.org/10.35588/cc.v4i1.6151