Quantum mechanics and ontology

Shan Gao

Vidamor Cabannas, Denivaldo Silva

This article presents a critical–propositional examination of the foundational bibliography of quantum mechanics in confrontation with the Theory of Objectivity (TO). Drawing on the classical works of Planck, Einstein, Bohr, Heisenberg, Schrödinger, Born, Dirac, von Neumann, Einstein–Podolsky–Rosen, and Bell, the study investigates the extent to which the conceptual architecture of quantum mechanics can be reinterpreted under the modal discipline of TO. The paper argues that quantum mechanics, while extraordinarily successful as a mathematical and empirical framework for describing observable physical regimes, does not by itself exhaust the ontological conditions of intelligibility of the universe. In response, the article articulates the quantum bibliography with the foundational bibliography of TO, its recent developments in modal ontology and testability, and its supporting and dialogical bibliography in physics, cosmology, and philosophy of science. Special attention is given to possible compatibilities and points of tension between quantum theory and the Seven Absolute Truths of TO, as well as to the cosmogenic theorem, the phenomenic elements, the Inducer Effects, and the cosmological Eras of the Theory of Objectivity. In this framework, quantization, superposition, measurement, entanglement, decoherence, and the quantum vacuum are reread as phenomenic manifestations that may be disciplined by a deeper modal grammar. The article further proposes that the transcendent element, in TO terms, may be interpreted as knowledge or information produced in atomic relations and equivalent to atomic radiations. From this perspective, quantum mechanics is not rejected, but reinscribed within a broader ontological horizon in which relation, boundary, observation, and transcendence acquire foundational significance. By combining philosophical analysis, comparative ontology, and dialogue with contemporary observational physics, this study contributes to the development of a modal and testable research program in which the Theory of Objectivity serves as a discipline of intelligibility for quantum phenomena rather than as a mere external critique. Authors’ note: This article benefited from ChatGPT’s analytical support in bibliographic organization, comparative structuring, and the systematization of points of compatibility, tension, and testability. Keywords Theory of Objectivity; quantum mechanics; modal ontology; foundational physics; philosophy of quantum mechanics; Bell inequalities; EPR paradox; quantum vacuum; phenomenic elements; Inducer Effects; cosmogenic theorem; cosmological Eras; relational ontology; testability; contemporary cosmology

Vladimir I. Man’ko, Oleg V. Pilyavets, Vadim Zborovskii

The probability representation of states in standard quantum mechanics where the quantum states are associated with fair probability distributions (instead of wave function or density matrix) is shortly commented and bibliography related to the probability representation is given.

Shan Gao

Henry Mehlberg, Robert S. Cohen

III: An Indeterministic Theory of Time.- I. Philosophical Interpretations of Quantum Physics.- II. The Problem of Causality in an Indeterministic Science.- III. Relativity and the Atom.- IV. Laws of Nature and Time's Arrow.- V. The Symmetry of Time and the Branch Hypothesis.- IV: Universal Aspects of Time.- I. The Measurement of Time.- II. The Ontological Status of Time.- III. The Reality of Time.- IV. The Causal Nature of Time.- V. The Symmetry of Time.- VI. The Psychology of Time.- Conclusion.- Bibliography of Works Cited In Volumes One and Two.- Bibliography Of Writings Of Henry Mehlberg.- Index Of Names To Volumes One And Two.

Hilary Putnam