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Quantum Epistemology from Mimicry and Ambiguity

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In the paper we look into the epistemology of quantum theory. The starting point is the previously established mathematical ambiguity. The perspective of our study is the way that Schrödinger described Einstein’s idea of physics epistemology. Namely, physical theory is a map with flags. Each flag must, according to Einstein in Schrödinger’s representation, correspond to a physical reality and vice versa. With the ambiguity transformed to quantum-like operators we are able to mimic quantum theory. Therefore we have created little flags. The question is raised whether nature itself is ambiguous. The created flags point at ambiguous nature. Or, nature is not ambiguous and the ambiguity can be repaired in mathematics.

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Geurdes, H. Quantum Epistemology from Mimicry and Ambiguity. Axiomathes 31, 73–83 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10516-020-09479-7

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