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(2008) Rethinking scientific change and theory comparison, Dordrecht, Springer.
The paper deals with the status of Quantum Mechanics as a description of reality when quantum formalism is supplemented with the decoherence mechanism. The reasons why it is often argued that Quantum Mechanics provides nothing more than a description of the appearance of reality are examined. Then, through a comparison with Relativistic Mechanics, it is showed that, were the very notion of reality not questionable, it would be possible to support the idea that it provides a description of this reality and not only of its appearance.
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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-6279-7_14
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Zwirn, H. (2008)., Can we consider quantum mechanics to be a description of reality?, in L. Soler, H. Sankey & P. Hoyningen-Huene (eds.), Rethinking scientific change and theory comparison, Dordrecht, Springer, pp. 209-217.
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