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August - 2022
New article by Raoni W. Arroyo and Jonas R. Becker Arenhart: “The epistemic value of metaphysics”.
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New article by Raoni W. Arroyo and Jonas R. Becker Arenhart: “The epistemic value of metaphysics”.
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June - 2022 (Deadline: April 2023)
Call for Papers - Special Issue
Dear Colleagues, this is a public call for papers for the Special Issue entitled “Quantum mechanics and reality” of the fully open access journal Theoria (ISSN 0495-4548; eISSN 2171-679X; SJR-Scimago Q1).
In this Special Issue, we would like to bring the debate into the metaphysical field, encouraging investigations that travel in a two-way street: how and whether quantum mechanics can inform metaphysics and, conversely, how and whether metaphysics itself can contribute to our understanding of the world according to quantum mechanics.
The relationship between science and metaphysics has been a hot topic for the last few decades, and there are no surprises to find that quantum mechanics occupies a prominent place in these discussions. After all, it is the perfect candidate for controversy on this issue: an extremely well-confirmed theory, but one that does not uniquely tell us what it is about. The scientific image provided by its equations has a lot of room for interpretation.
To begin with, there is extensive literature debating the theory’s subject matter: is it a theory that deals with waves, particles, or something else entirely, such as wave functions? It is also natural to ask questions about quantum mechanics ontology when we ask, for example, about issues of existence related to quantum mechanics. After all, if we want to discover what there is in our world, it seems like a good idea to look for the answers in our physical theories: electrons? Many worlds? Structures? In a second way, it is debated how philosophical conceptions can shape our own picture of the physical world: would they be individual quantum entities in the Leibnizian sense of the term? Can the atomism implicit in different formulations of the theory become an obstacle for the theory itself to be really understood? Should we create new ontological categories so that we can classify quantum entities?
Richard Feynman famously said that nobody understands quantum mechanics more than half a century ago. Maybe metaphysics as a discipline (also encompassing ontology) could shed some light on this issue (contra Feynman’s opinions about metaphysics). While some follow this path, others, such as David Lewis, expressed skepticism about taking metaphysical lessons from quantum mechanics. We encourage submissions beyond such skepticism (or elaborating on it) and going even further: can we take quantum-mechanical lessons from metaphysics? To advance the debate concerning metaphysics and quantum mechanics, we invite submissions of original work on the metaphysics of science, broadly understood, that addresses questions such as the ones in the following non-exhaustive list:
This was the subject of the VIII International Workshop on Quantum Mechanics and Quantum Information, promoted by the International Network on Foundations of Quantum Mechanics and Quantum Information. Still, everyone is welcome to submit a paper.
To complete your submission, you should follow the instructions on the Journal’s website (https://ojs.ehu.eus/index.php/THEORIA/about/submissions) and select “Quantum mechanics and reality” in the “Section” field (which is in the first steps of the submission in the OJS platform. The deadline for submitting a contributed paper is April 30, 2023.
If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to let us know. We look forward to receiving your submission.
The Guest Editors
Christian de Ronde (UBA/CONICET/UNAJ/CLEA)
Jonas R. Becker Arenhart (UFSC/UFMA/CNPq)
Raimundo Fernández-Mouján (UBA/CONICET/CLEA)
Raoni W. Arroyo (CLE/UNICAMP/FAPESP)
Call for Papers - Special Issue
Dear Colleagues, this is a public call for papers for the Special Issue entitled “Quantum mechanics and reality” of the fully open access journal Theoria (ISSN 0495-4548; eISSN 2171-679X; SJR-Scimago Q1).
In this Special Issue, we would like to bring the debate into the metaphysical field, encouraging investigations that travel in a two-way street: how and whether quantum mechanics can inform metaphysics and, conversely, how and whether metaphysics itself can contribute to our understanding of the world according to quantum mechanics.
The relationship between science and metaphysics has been a hot topic for the last few decades, and there are no surprises to find that quantum mechanics occupies a prominent place in these discussions. After all, it is the perfect candidate for controversy on this issue: an extremely well-confirmed theory, but one that does not uniquely tell us what it is about. The scientific image provided by its equations has a lot of room for interpretation.
To begin with, there is extensive literature debating the theory’s subject matter: is it a theory that deals with waves, particles, or something else entirely, such as wave functions? It is also natural to ask questions about quantum mechanics ontology when we ask, for example, about issues of existence related to quantum mechanics. After all, if we want to discover what there is in our world, it seems like a good idea to look for the answers in our physical theories: electrons? Many worlds? Structures? In a second way, it is debated how philosophical conceptions can shape our own picture of the physical world: would they be individual quantum entities in the Leibnizian sense of the term? Can the atomism implicit in different formulations of the theory become an obstacle for the theory itself to be really understood? Should we create new ontological categories so that we can classify quantum entities?
Richard Feynman famously said that nobody understands quantum mechanics more than half a century ago. Maybe metaphysics as a discipline (also encompassing ontology) could shed some light on this issue (contra Feynman’s opinions about metaphysics). While some follow this path, others, such as David Lewis, expressed skepticism about taking metaphysical lessons from quantum mechanics. We encourage submissions beyond such skepticism (or elaborating on it) and going even further: can we take quantum-mechanical lessons from metaphysics? To advance the debate concerning metaphysics and quantum mechanics, we invite submissions of original work on the metaphysics of science, broadly understood, that addresses questions such as the ones in the following non-exhaustive list:
- What is to interpret quantum mechanics?
- What is the connection between quantum theory and its ontology?
- What is the world like, according to quantum mechanics?
- Is there a clear metaphysical picture provided by quantum mechanics?
- What does it mean to adopt a realist stance toward quantum mechanics?
- Can metaphysics contribute to a quantum mechanical picture of reality?
This was the subject of the VIII International Workshop on Quantum Mechanics and Quantum Information, promoted by the International Network on Foundations of Quantum Mechanics and Quantum Information. Still, everyone is welcome to submit a paper.
To complete your submission, you should follow the instructions on the Journal’s website (https://ojs.ehu.eus/index.php/THEORIA/about/submissions) and select “Quantum mechanics and reality” in the “Section” field (which is in the first steps of the submission in the OJS platform. The deadline for submitting a contributed paper is April 30, 2023.
If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to let us know. We look forward to receiving your submission.
The Guest Editors
Christian de Ronde (UBA/CONICET/UNAJ/CLEA)
Jonas R. Becker Arenhart (UFSC/UFMA/CNPq)
Raimundo Fernández-Mouján (UBA/CONICET/CLEA)
Raoni W. Arroyo (CLE/UNICAMP/FAPESP)
June - 2022
New article by Raoni W. Arroyo and Gilson Olegario da Silva: “Taking models seriously and being a linguistic realist”.
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New article by Raoni W. Arroyo and Gilson Olegario da Silva: “Taking models seriously and being a linguistic realist”.
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March - 2022
New article by Raoni W. Arroyo and Jonas R. B. Arenhart: “The Powers of Quantum Mechanics: A Metametaphysical Discussion of the “Logos Approach””.
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New article by Raoni W. Arroyo and Jonas R. B. Arenhart: “The Powers of Quantum Mechanics: A Metametaphysical Discussion of the “Logos Approach””.
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December - 2021
New article by Jonas R. B. Arenhart and Raoni W. Arroyo: “The spectrum of metametaphysics: Mapping the state of art in scientific metaphysics”.
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New article by Jonas R. B. Arenhart and Raoni W. Arroyo: “The spectrum of metametaphysics: Mapping the state of art in scientific metaphysics”.
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December - 2021
New article by Jonas R. B. Arenhart: “The evidence approach to paraconsistency versus the paraconsistent approach to evidence”.
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New article by Jonas R. B. Arenhart: “The evidence approach to paraconsistency versus the paraconsistent approach to evidence”.
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October - 2021
New article by Christian de Ronde, Hector Freytes, and Giuseppe Sergioli: “Quantum probability: a reliable tool for an agent or a reliable source of reality?”.
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New article by Christian de Ronde, Hector Freytes, and Giuseppe Sergioli: “Quantum probability: a reliable tool for an agent or a reliable source of reality?”.
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18 September - 2021
New book review by Raoni W. Arroyo: “Making New Tools From the Toolbox of Metaphysics: The Nature of Contingency: Quantum Physics as Modal Realism, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2020, 240 p, ISBN: 9780198846215”.
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New book review by Raoni W. Arroyo: “Making New Tools From the Toolbox of Metaphysics: The Nature of Contingency: Quantum Physics as Modal Realism, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2020, 240 p, ISBN: 9780198846215”.
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12 July - 2021
New article by Christian de Ronde and César Massri: “A new objective definition of quantum entanglement as potential coding of intensive and effective relations”.
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New article by Christian de Ronde and César Massri: “A new objective definition of quantum entanglement as potential coding of intensive and effective relations”.
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12 July - 2021
New article by Raoni W. Arroyo and Gilson Olegario: “Against ‘Interpretation’: Quantum Mechanics Beyond Syntax and Semantics”.
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New article by Raoni W. Arroyo and Gilson Olegario: “Against ‘Interpretation’: Quantum Mechanics Beyond Syntax and Semantics”.
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26 June - 2021
New article by Jonas R. B. Arenhart : “Newton da Costa on Hypothetical Models in Logic and on the Modal Status of Logical Laws”.
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New article by Jonas R. B. Arenhart : “Newton da Costa on Hypothetical Models in Logic and on the Modal Status of Logical Laws”.
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12 May - 2021
New article by Jonas R. B. Arenhart : “Contradictory Concepts = True Contradictions?”.
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New article by Jonas R. B. Arenhart : “Contradictory Concepts = True Contradictions?”.
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08 May - 2021
New article by Jonas R. B. Arenhart and Raoni W. Arroyo: “On physics, metaphysics, and metametaphysics”.
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New article by Jonas R. B. Arenhart and Raoni W. Arroyo: “On physics, metaphysics, and metametaphysics”.
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22 March - 2021
New article by Christian de Ronde and César Massri: “ Against the Tyranny of ‘Pure States’”.
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New article by Christian de Ronde and César Massri: “ Against the Tyranny of ‘Pure States’”.
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March - 2021
New article by Diederik Aerts, Massimiliano Sassoli de Bianchi, Sandro Sozzo, and Tomas Veloz: “Modeling Human Decision-Making: An Overview of the Brussels Quantum Approach”
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New article by Diederik Aerts, Massimiliano Sassoli de Bianchi, Sandro Sozzo, and Tomas Veloz: “Modeling Human Decision-Making: An Overview of the Brussels Quantum Approach”
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February - 2021
New article by Christian de Ronde and César Massri: “ The Logos Categorical Approach to Quantum Mechanics: I. Kochen-Specker Contextuality and Global Intensive Valuations”.
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New article by Christian de Ronde and César Massri: “ The Logos Categorical Approach to Quantum Mechanics: I. Kochen-Specker Contextuality and Global Intensive Valuations”.
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March - 2020
New article by Diederik Aerts, Massimiliano Sassoli de Bianchi, Sandro Sozzo, and Tomas Veloz: “On the Conceptuality Interpretation of Quantum
and Relativity Theories”
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New article by Diederik Aerts, Massimiliano Sassoli de Bianchi, Sandro Sozzo, and Tomas Veloz: “On the Conceptuality Interpretation of Quantum
and Relativity Theories”
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15 March - 2019
New article by Décio Krause and Jonas R. B. Arenhart: “Is Identity Really so Fundamental?”
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New article by Décio Krause and Jonas R. B. Arenhart: “Is Identity Really so Fundamental?”
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21 February - 2019
New article by Christian de Ronde: “Unscrambling the Omelette of Quantum Contextuality (Part I): Preexistent Properties or Measurement Outcomes?”
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New article by Christian de Ronde: “Unscrambling the Omelette of Quantum Contextuality (Part I): Preexistent Properties or Measurement Outcomes?”
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21 February - 2019
New article by Christian de Ronde: “Unscrambling the Omelette of Quantum Contextuality (Part I): Preexistent Properties or Measurement Outcomes?”
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New article by Christian de Ronde: “Unscrambling the Omelette of Quantum Contextuality (Part I): Preexistent Properties or Measurement Outcomes?”
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18 February - 2019
New article by Giuseppe Sergioli: “A Matrix Representation of Quantum Circuits Over Non-Adjacent Qudits”.
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New article by Giuseppe Sergioli: “A Matrix Representation of Quantum Circuits Over Non-Adjacent Qudits”.
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5 February - 2019
New article by Christian de Ronde and César Massri: “Against the Tyranny of 'Pure States' in Quantum Theory”.
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New article by Christian de Ronde and César Massri: “Against the Tyranny of 'Pure States' in Quantum Theory”.
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28 January - 2019
The Buenos Aires group is doing consulting work for El perro en la Luna, a creative content company that is producing an animated series inspired in Quantum Mechanics.
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The Buenos Aires group is doing consulting work for El perro en la Luna, a creative content company that is producing an animated series inspired in Quantum Mechanics.
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23 October - 2018
New article by Christian de Ronde, César Massri and Raimundo Fernández Mouján: “Taking Mermin's Relational Interpretation of QM Beyond Cabello's and Seevinck's No-Go Theorems”.
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New article by Christian de Ronde, César Massri and Raimundo Fernández Mouján: “Taking Mermin's Relational Interpretation of QM Beyond Cabello's and Seevinck's No-Go Theorems”.
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19 July - 2018
New article by Décio Krause and Jonas R. B. Arenhart: “Is Identity really so Fundamental?”.
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New article by Décio Krause and Jonas R. B. Arenhart: “Is Identity really so Fundamental?”.
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2018
New book by Dalla Chiara, M.L., Giuntini, R., Leporini, R., Sergioli, G. : “Quantum Computation and Logic”.
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New book by Dalla Chiara, M.L., Giuntini, R., Leporini, R., Sergioli, G. : “Quantum Computation and Logic”.
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7 March - 2018
New article by Giuseppe Sergioli: “Towards a Multi Target Quantum Computational Logic”.
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New article by Giuseppe Sergioli: “Towards a Multi Target Quantum Computational Logic”.
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7 March - 2018
New article by Giuseppe Sergioli, Giorgio Russo, Enrica Santucci, Alessandro Stefano, Sebastiano Emanuele Torrisi, Stefano Palmucci, Carlo Vancheri and Roberto Giuntini: “Quantum-inspired Minimum Distance Classification in Biomedical Context”.
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New article by Giuseppe Sergioli, Giorgio Russo, Enrica Santucci, Alessandro Stefano, Sebastiano Emanuele Torrisi, Stefano Palmucci, Carlo Vancheri and Roberto Giuntini: “Quantum-inspired Minimum Distance Classification in Biomedical Context”.
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