On perspectivism and relationalism of relational quantum mechanics

2025
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dc.abstract.enThis paper discusses perspectivism and relationalism in the two versions of Relational Quantum Mechanics (RQM): that initiated by Rovelli (Int. J. Theor. Phys.,35(8), 1637–1678 1996) and the other, by Adlam and Rovelli (Philos. Phys., 1(1) 2023). To this end, we offer a substantial discussion of this interpretation. We investigate the issue of the disagreement of results between different observers; distinguish four senses of agreement: strong, weak, very weak, and perspectival; and argue that the old version guarantees only the very weak and perspectival agreement, whereas the new version guarantees the weak agreement as well. The problem that individuals in RQM need to be propertyless when they do not interact is also investigated. Concerning the issue of probabilities in RQM, we argue that to express probabilities involving events relative to different systems, a new kind of probability spaces needs to be devised. The final problem that we identify concerns underspecified dynamics; we argue that some additional postulates are indispensable to make RQM’s dynamics fully specified. The last two points lead to the conclusion that, contrary to declarations of RQM proponents, this interpretation requires some modifications of quantum formalism and not merely conceptual changes. Finally, concerning the problem of testimony, while the new version of RQM was devised to solve it, we argue that in the old version, this problem can be alleviated to the extent that perspectivism permits.
dc.affiliationWydział Filozoficzny : Instytut Filozofii
dc.contributor.authorLuc, Joanna - 177989
dc.contributor.authorPlacek, Tomasz - 131437
dc.date.accessioned2025-12-17T07:49:41Z
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dc.date.createdat2025-12-16T10:43:32Zen
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dc.description.additionalPraca ta została dofinansowana przez Narodowe Centrum Nauki (NCN) w ramach grantu badawczego OPUS 23, nr 2022/45/B/HS1/02700
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dc.description.volume55
dc.identifier.articleid81
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/s10701-025-00890-x
dc.identifier.eissn1572-9516
dc.identifier.issn0015-9018
dc.identifier.project2022/45/B/HS1/02700
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dc.identifier.urihttps://ruj.uj.edu.pl/handle/item/567703
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dc.subject.enrelational quantum mechanics
dc.subject.enperspectivism
dc.subject.enrelationalism
dc.subject.enintersubjectivity
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dc.titleOn perspectivism and relationalism of relational quantum mechanics
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dc.abstract.en
This paper discusses perspectivism and relationalism in the two versions of Relational Quantum Mechanics (RQM): that initiated by Rovelli (Int. J. Theor. Phys.,35(8), 1637–1678 1996) and the other, by Adlam and Rovelli (Philos. Phys., 1(1) 2023). To this end, we offer a substantial discussion of this interpretation. We investigate the issue of the disagreement of results between different observers; distinguish four senses of agreement: strong, weak, very weak, and perspectival; and argue that the old version guarantees only the very weak and perspectival agreement, whereas the new version guarantees the weak agreement as well. The problem that individuals in RQM need to be propertyless when they do not interact is also investigated. Concerning the issue of probabilities in RQM, we argue that to express probabilities involving events relative to different systems, a new kind of probability spaces needs to be devised. The final problem that we identify concerns underspecified dynamics; we argue that some additional postulates are indispensable to make RQM’s dynamics fully specified. The last two points lead to the conclusion that, contrary to declarations of RQM proponents, this interpretation requires some modifications of quantum formalism and not merely conceptual changes. Finally, concerning the problem of testimony, while the new version of RQM was devised to solve it, we argue that in the old version, this problem can be alleviated to the extent that perspectivism permits.
dc.affiliation
Wydział Filozoficzny : Instytut Filozofii
dc.contributor.author
Luc, Joanna - 177989
dc.contributor.author
Placek, Tomasz - 131437
dc.date.accessioned
2025-12-17T07:49:41Z
dc.date.available
2025-12-17T07:49:41Z
dc.date.createdaten
2025-12-16T10:43:32Z
dc.date.issued
2025
dc.date.openaccess
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w momencie opublikowania
dc.description.additional
Praca ta została dofinansowana przez Narodowe Centrum Nauki (NCN) w ramach grantu badawczego OPUS 23, nr 2022/45/B/HS1/02700
dc.description.number
6
dc.description.version
ostateczna wersja wydawcy
dc.description.volume
55
dc.identifier.articleid
81
dc.identifier.doi
10.1007/s10701-025-00890-x
dc.identifier.eissn
1572-9516
dc.identifier.issn
0015-9018
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2022/45/B/HS1/02700
dc.identifier.project
DRC AI
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https://ruj.uj.edu.pl/handle/item/567703
dc.language
eng
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eng
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Udzielam licencji. Uznanie autorstwa - Użycie niekomercyjne - Bez utworów zależnych 4.0 Międzynarodowa
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CC-BY-NC-ND
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http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/legalcode.pl
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otwarte czasopismo
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relational quantum mechanics
dc.subject.en
perspectivism
dc.subject.en
relationalism
dc.subject.en
intersubjectivity
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Article
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On perspectivism and relationalism of relational quantum mechanics
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Foundations of Physics
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