Structuralist approaches to Bohmian mechanics

Lorenzo Lorenzetti

doi:10.1007/s11229-022-03489-1

Structuralist approaches to Bohmian mechanics

Lorenzo Lorenzetti

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Lam and Esfeld have argued that, within Bohmian mechanics, the wave function can be interpreted as a physical structure instantiated by the fundamental particles posited by the theory. Further, to characterize the nature of this structure, they appeal to the framework of Ontic Structural Realism (OSR), thereby proposing a structuralist interpretation of Bohmian mechanics. However, I shall point out that OSR denotes a family of distinct views, each of which maintains a different account about the relation between structures and objects, and entails a different kind of ontology. Thus, in this paper I will show how to articulate the structuralist approach to Bohmian Mechanics accordingly to the different standard versions of OSR, and I will evaluate these alternatives. Moreover, I will propose a novel and sui generis kind of structuralist interpretation of Bohmian Mechanics, based on the framework of metaphysical coherentism.

Original language	English
Journal	Synthese
Volume	200
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s11229-022-03489-1
Publication status	Published - 17 Feb 2022

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Funding was provided by the Arts and Humanities Research Council.

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I am very grateful to James Ladyman, Claudio Calosi, Christian W?thrich, David Schroeren, Kit Fine and two anonymous referees for their helpful and insightful comments on different versions and parts of this paper. I thank also the audience at the 2020 edition of the Australasian Postgraduate Philosophy Conference. This research has been supported and funded by SWW DTP (AHRC).

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I am very grateful to James Ladyman, Claudio Calosi, Christian Wüthrich, David Schroeren, Kit Fine and two anonymous referees for their helpful and insightful comments on different versions and parts of this paper. I thank also the audience at the 2020 edition of the Australasian Postgraduate Philosophy Conference. This research has been supported and funded by SWW DTP (AHRC).

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