The miracles argument meets quantum mechanics: Toward a locavore philosophy of physics
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Abstract
It's a mistake to afflict upon on our best theories a single, uniform interpretation meant to apply in all circumstance. It's a mistake because it impedes the capacity of those theories to function as science. To refrain from the mistake is to adopt the locavore hypothesis: the same theory can merit different interpretations in different circumstances. Using quantum mechanics as an example, I argue for the locavore hypothesis, and examine its consequences not only for the scientific realism debate but also for our notion of scientific understanding.
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scientific realism, scientific understanding, quantum mechanics, interpretation , contextual empiricism
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