Holism and Time Symmetry

Quantum mechanics is often taken to entail holism. I examine the arguments for this claim, and find that although there is no general argument from the structure of quantum mechanics to holism, there are specific arguments for holism available within the three main realist interpretations (Bohm, Ghi...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Peter J. Lewis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Quanta 2016-11-01
Series:Quanta
Online Access:http://quanta.ws/ojs/index.php/quanta/article/view/51