The problem of ontology for spontaneous collapse theories

Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part B - Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 407-421

  Monton, Bradley ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Counting anomaly; Dynamical reduction theories; Fuzzy link; GRW theory; Mass density link; Spontaneous localization theories; Wave function ontology

Indexed keywords

EID: 3242876127     PISSN: 13552198     EISSN: 18792502     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.shpsb.2004.03.001     Document Type: Article

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