Quantum particles as conceptual entities: A possible explanatory framework for quantum theory

Foundations of Science

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 361-411

  Aerts, Diederik ^a  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Coherence; Conceptual; Explanatory framework; Meaning; Quantum physics

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL; EVOLUTIONARY ASPECTS; EXPLANATORY FRAMEWORK; HEISENBERG UNCERTAINTY PRINCIPLE; MACROSCOPIC MATERIALS; MEANING; MEASUREMENT PROBLEMS; QUANTUM PHYSICS;

COHERENT LIGHT; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

QUANTUM THEORY;

EID: 70350632718     PISSN: 12331821     EISSN: 15728471     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10699-009-9166-y     Document Type: Article

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