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Freire, Olival; Bacciagaluppi, Guido; Darrigol, Olivier; Hartz, Thiago; Joas, Christian; Kojevnikov, Alexei; Pessoa, Osvaldo

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“…The understanding of the wave vector ϕ as a stochastic variable and ρ as its covariance matrix allows an interpretation of quantum mechanics other than the standard interpretation [20][21][22]. As the trajectory in the Hilbert space is stochastic, the present approach may fit the consistent history interpretation of quantum mechanics [8] since the several trajectories are possible, each one occurring with a certain probability.…”

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“…For instance, no variable is considered to be a random variable. The probabilistic character is a consequence of the standard interpretation of quantum mechanics [20][21][22], which introduces probability in an ad-hoc and a posteriori manner by the proposition that the square of the absolute value of the wave function is a probability.…”

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Classical stochastic approach to quantum mechanics and quantum thermodynamics

Oliveira

2024

J. Stat. Mech.

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We derive the equations of quantum mechanics and quantum thermodynamics from the assumption that a quantum system can be described by an underlying classical system of particles. Each component φ j of the wave vector is understood as a stochastic complex variable whose real and imaginary parts are proportional to the coordinate and momentum associated with a degree of freedom of the underlying classical system. From the classical stochastic equations of motion, we derive a general equation for the covariance matrix of the wave vector, which turns out to be of the Lindblad type. When the noise changes only the phase of φ j , the Schrödinger and the quantum Liouville equations are obtained. The component ψ j of the wave vector obeying the Schrödinger equation is related to the stochastic wave vector by | ψ j | 2 = ⟨ | ϕ j | 2 ⟩ .

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Classical stochastic approach to quantum mechanics and quantum thermodynamics

Oliveira

2024

J. Stat. Mech.

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“…No such set of words were to be arrived at with Bohr. Such encounters, and further controversy concerning his ideas, led Everett to give up on the venture of explaining himself using any words or terms of reference entirely beyond completing his PhD and publishing the three versions of the same work (Everett 1956, 1957, 1957b, and 1973; Freire 2022).…”

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What Makes a Quantum Physics Belief Believable? Many‐worlds Among Six Impossible Things Before Breakfast

Henson¹

2023

Zygon

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An extraordinary, if circumscribed, positive shift has occurred since the mid‐twentieth century in the perceived status of Hugh Everett III's 1956 theory of the universal wave function of quantum mechanics, now widely called the Many‐Worlds Interpretation (MWI). Everett's starkly new interpretation denied the existence of a separate classical realm, contending that the experimental data can be seen as presenting a state vector for the whole universe. Since there is no state vector collapse, reality as a whole is strictly deterministic. Explained jointly by the dynamical variables and the state vector, “this reality is not the reality we customarily think of, but is a reality composed of many worlds,” wrote Everett's colleague Bryce DeWitt. In this essay, I account briefly for the change of status in conventional scientific terms, yet chiefly in extended terms of three sets of ideas that I argue can be understood to affect believability in both scientific and religious contexts, illuminating helpfully the MWI phenomenon, and its engagement with theology: orthodoxy and heresy, language and reference, and faith and agnosticism. One's orientation relative to the variable content of these dynamic, socially oriented categories helps to make belief in ideas as metaphysically challenging as Everettian Quantum Mechanics, or particular ideas about God, either more or less believable. The categories will have the same function in a theology engaging Everett's theory, and in any theology at all written in a society deeply marked by what I further argue is a subtle, powerful, and pervasive mode of quasi‐scientific thinking we can call societal constructive agnosticism, of which anyone doing theology today must be aware.

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“…It embraces a shift from a metaphysics of individualism to a dynamics of relational becoming. In simpler terms, phenomena are doings, not things [27][28][29].…”

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“…Importantly, in this context, the term agency does not refer to a static attribute possessed by someone or something. Rather, it denotes the enactment of a processual reconfiguration of the world [27]. In this sense, agency is understood as both tracing the possibility space and actively participating in its ongoing reconfiguration.…”

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Intra-Active Inference I: Fundamentals

Rahmjoo¹,

Albarracin²

2023

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The free energy principle (FEP) is a mathematical and scientific principle that describes the relationship between the physical behavior of a dynamical system and the interpretation of such behavior as carrying out inference. It blurs the boundary between the ontological mode of the system of interest and the epistemological significance it acquires through its dynamic interaction with the environment. New materialism (or neo-materialism), despite lacking a single definition, refers to a range of emerging perspectives that attempt to dismantle the long-held divisions between ontology, epistemology, and even ethics, with the aim of achieving a comprehensive transformation of naturalized thinking. In this context, new materialism provides powerful tools to reframe some of the conceptual foundations of the FEP. This paper is the first in a series that aims to systematically construct a neo-materialistic perspective for the FEP, exploring its wide-ranging implications. It serves as an introduction to the series, arguing for the justification of deploying new materialism to reframe the FEP and introducing some essential concepts to be utilized in developing a neo-materialistic account of the FEP.

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Classical stochastic approach to quantum mechanics and quantum thermodynamics

Classical stochastic approach to quantum mechanics and quantum thermodynamics

What Makes a Quantum Physics Belief Believable? Many‐worlds Among Six Impossible Things Before Breakfast

Intra-Active Inference I: Fundamentals

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