PIRSA:09100090

Correlations all the way Down?

Rickles, D. (2009). Correlations all the way Down?. Perimeter Institute. https://pirsa.org/09100090

Rickles, Dean. Correlations all the way Down?. Perimeter Institute, Oct. 01, 2009, https://pirsa.org/09100090 

          @misc{ pirsa_PIRSA:09100090,
            doi = {10.48660/09100090},
            url = {https://pirsa.org/09100090},
            author = {Rickles, Dean},
            keywords = {Quantum Foundations},
            language = {en},
            title = {Correlations all the way Down?},
            publisher = {Perimeter Institute},
            year = {2009},
            month = {oct},
            note = {PIRSA:09100090 see, \url{https://pirsa.org}}
          }

Dean Rickles

University of Sydney

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I give a review and assessment of relational approaches to quantum theory – that is, approaches that view QM “as an account of the way distinct physical systems affect each other when they interact – and not the way physical systems ‘are’”. I argue that the “relational QM” is a misnomer: the correct way to understand these approaches is in terms of structuralism, whereby the correlations themselves are fundamental. I then argue that the connection to gravitational physics and gauge symmetries has a crucial impact on the attractiveness of such approaches.