Introduction: space–time and the wave function

All the papers in this special issue deal with the questions of what the wave function represents and what the implications of quantum realism are in relation to our conception of space. These questions were the basis of the discussions that took place over two conferences which, under the title of Space–time and the wave function, were held in Barcelona in April 2013 and May 2014. The papers that are included here—or preliminary versions of them—were presented and discussed at those conferences

[1]  Alyssa Ney,et al.  The Wave Function: Essays in the Metaphysics of Quantum Mechanics , 2013 .

[2]  A. Zeilinger,et al.  Speakable and Unspeakable in Quantum Mechanics , 1989 .

[3]  J. Hawthorne.  A Metaphysician Looks at the Everett Interpretation 1 , 2010 .

[4]  Weber,et al.  Unified dynamics for microscopic and macroscopic systems. , 1986, Physical review. D, Particles and fields.

[5]  D. Dürr,et al.  Quantum equilibrium and the origin of absolute uncertainty , 1992, quant-ph/0308039.

[6]  Bohmian mechanics without wave function ontology , 2013 .

[7]  Travis Norsen,et al.  Can the wave function in configuration space be replaced by single-particle wave functions in physical space? , 2014, Synthese.

[8]  Jeffrey A. Barrett,et al.  Pure wave mechanics and the very idea of empirical adequacy , 2015, Synthese.

[9]  T. Norsen.  The Theory of (Exclusively) Local Beables , 2009, 0909.4553.

[10]  Bradley Monton,et al.  Quantum Mechanics and 3N‐Dimensional Space , 2006, Philosophy of Science.

[11]  D. Albert.  Wave Function Realism , 2013 .

[12]  Detlef Dürr,et al.  The Ontology of Bohmian Mechanics , 2014, The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science.

[13]  E. Schrödinger.  Die gegenwärtige Situation in der Quantenmechanik , 2005, Naturwissenschaften.

[14]  David Wallace,et al.  Everett and structure , 2001 .

[15]  P. Holland,et al.  The Quantum Theory of Motion: An Account of the de Broglie-Bohm Causal Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics , 1993 .

[16]  J. Bell,et al.  Speakable and Unspeakable in Quatum Mechanics , 1988 .

[17]  S. Goldstein,et al.  On the Common Structure of Bohmian Mechanics and the Ghirardi–Rimini–Weber Theory , 2006, The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science.

[18]  Sheldon Goldstein,et al.  Reality and the Role of the Wavefunction in Quantum Theory , 2011, 1101.4575.

[19]  A. Valentini.  On the pilot-wave theory of classical, quantum and subquantum physics , 1992 .

[20]  R. Omnes.  Decoherence and Ontology , 2019, Synthese Library.

[21]  Comment on Lockwood , 1996 .

[22]  Henry P. Stapp,et al.  The Undivided Universe: An ontological interpretation of Quantum Theory , 1994 .

[23]  T. Maudlin.  Can the World be Only Wavefunction , 2010 .

[24]  Bradley Monton,et al.  Wave Function Ontology , 2002, Synthese.

[25]  Sheldon Goldstein,et al.  Bohmian Mechanics and the Meaning of the Wave Function , 1995 .

[26]  H. Everett.  "Relative State" Formulation of Quantum Mechanics , 1957 .

[27]  A. Kent,et al.  Many worlds? : Everett, quantum theory, and reality , 2010 .

[28]  A. Valentini.  De Broglie-Bohm Pilot-Wave Theory: Many Worlds in Denial? , 2008, 0811.0810.

[29]  Wayne C. Myrvold,et al.  What is a wavefunction? , 2015, Synthese.

[30]  D. Albert.  Elementary Quantum Metaphysics , 1996 .

[31]  Alyssa Ney.  Fundamental physical ontologies and the constraint of empirical coherence: a defense of wave function realism , 2014, Synthese.