{
  "id": "1502.03831",
  "version": "v1",
  "published": "2015-02-12T21:13:20.000Z",
  "updated": "2015-02-12T21:13:20.000Z",
  "title": "Quantum mechanics, strong emergence and ontological non-reducibility",
  "authors": [
    "Rodolfo Gambini",
    "Lucia Lewowicz",
    "Jorge Pullin"
  ],
  "comment": "8 pages, to appear in Foundations of Chemistry",
  "categories": [
    "quant-ph",
    "physics.hist-ph"
  ],
  "abstract": "We show that a new interpretation of quantum mechanics, in which the notion of event is defined without reference to measurement or observers, allows to construct a quantum general ontology based on systems, states and events. Unlike the Copenhagen interpretation, it does not resort to elements of a classical ontology. The quantum ontology in turn allows us to recognize that a typical behavior of quantum systems exhibits strong emergence and ontological non-reducibility. Such phenomena are not exceptional but natural, and are rooted in the basic mathematical structure of quantum mechanics.",
  "revisions": [
    {
      "version": "v1",
      "updated": "2015-02-12T21:13:20.000Z"
    }
  ],
  "analyses": {
    "keywords": [
      "quantum mechanics",
      "strong emergence",
      "ontological non-reducibility",
      "quantum general ontology",
      "copenhagen interpretation"
    ],
    "note": {
      "typesetting": "TeX",
      "pages": 8,
      "language": "en",
      "license": "arXiv",
      "status": "editable",
      "adsabs": "2015arXiv150203831G"
    }
  }
}