Schroeren David
Department of Philosophy, University of Geneva, Rue de Candolle 2, 1211 Genèva 4, Switzerland.
Synthese. 2022;200(1):27. doi: 10.1007/s11229-022-03525-0. Epub 2022 Feb 22.
It is common ground among proponents and detractors of wavefunction realism that the view 'privileges position', in the sense that it arbitrarily singles out one among a continuum infinity of wavefunction representations as characterizing the fundamental field: the position representation. This paper shows that, properly understood, wavefunction realism does not involve such an arbitrary choice. First, I argue that, though each wavefunction representation gives rise to a different version of wavefunction realism, the difference between these theories amounts to a mere haecceitistic difference. Second, I argue that wavefunction realists should reconceive of their view as a thesis that is silent about the relevant haecceitistic differences.
在波函数实在论的支持者和 detractors 之间存在一个共识，即该观点 “赋予位置特权”，从某种意义上说，它在连续无穷多个波函数表示中任意挑选出一个作为表征基本场的表示：位置表示。本文表明，正确理解的话，波函数实在论并不涉及这样一个任意选择。首先，我认为，尽管每个波函数表示都会产生波函数实在论的不同版本，但这些理论之间的差异仅仅是一种个体性差异。其次，我认为波函数实在论者应该将他们的观点重新构想为一个对相关个体性差异保持沉默的论点。 （注：“detractors”原文未给出释义，可译为“ detractors”的常见释义“诋毁者”等，这里保留英文以便读者理解）
