The Ontological Interpretation and Bohmian Quantum Theory of Motion
Author(s) -
Myeongseok Kim
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
physics and high technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1225-2336
DOI - 10.3938/phit.21.014
Subject(s) - interpretation (philosophy) , de broglie–bohm theory , interpretations of quantum mechanics , minority interpretations of quantum mechanics , motion (physics) , quantum , computer science , epistemology , classical mechanics , physics , quantum mechanics , philosophy , quantum dynamics , quantum process , programming language
According to the orthodox interpretation in quantum mechanics, the spatio-temporal properties of a physical thing cannot be defined before measurement. However, it is obvious that physical things exist even though nobody sees them. Indeed, there would be no concept, whether physical or psychological, without an external public object whose existence did not depend on the measurement process or observing consciousness. Fortunately, Bohm proved the idea that a particle has a continuous trajectory in phase space is compatible with the standard formalism of quantum mechanics. The virtue of the Bohmian quantum theory of motion is that it saves our common sense ontology.
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