Historicized Ontology for the Quantum World - A Philosophical Investigation of the Quantum Histories Interpretation

This book discusses ontology in the quantum world and argues that it should be interpreted as historicized ontology. This perspective is advocated by quantum histories interpretation.

List of contents

1 Introduction 2 The Formalisms and Interpretations of Quantum Mechanics 3 The histories interpretation of quantum mechanics 4 Ontological and logical issues in histories interpretation of quantum mechanics 5 The Nomological Interpretation of Quantum Wave Function 6 The Histories Formalisms from the Nomological Perspective 7 Historicized Ontology, Scientific Metaphysics and Philosophy of History 8 Conclusion and directions for future research

About the author

Kefu Zhu is an assistant research fellow at the Institute of Philosophy, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. He graduated from the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences with a Ph.D. in Philosophy. His research interests include philosophy of physics, philosophy of artificial intelligence, and scientific metaphysics.

Product details

• Authors: Kefu Zhu
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 10.09.2025
• EAN: 9781041120704
• ISBN: 978-1-0-4112070-4
• No. of pages: 144
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; PHILOSOPHY / Metaphysics, SCIENCE / Physics / Quantum Theory, SCIENCE / Philosophy & Social Aspects, Philosophy of Science, Philosophy: metaphysics & ontology, Philosophy: metaphysics and ontology, Quantum physics (quantum mechanics & quantum field theory), Quantum physics (quantum mechanics and quantum field theory), Applied mathematics