Ontological Clarity via Canonical Presentation: Electromagnetism and the Aharonov-Bohm Effect.
ENTROPY 2018;
20:e20060465. [PMID:
33265555 PMCID:
PMC7512983 DOI:
10.3390/e20060465]
[Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/08/2018] [Revised: 06/08/2018] [Accepted: 06/11/2018] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
Abstract
Quantum physics demands some radical revision of our fundamental beliefs about physical reality. We know that because there are certain verified physical phenomena-two-slit interference, the disappearance of interference upon monitoring, violations of Bell's inequality-that have no classical analogs. But the exact nature of that revision has been under dispute since the foundation of quantum theory. I offer a method of clarifying what the commitments of a clearly formulated physical theory are, and apply it to a discussion of some options available to account for another non-classical phenomenon: the Aharonov-Bohm effect.
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