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280 - David Albert & Jacob Barandes: Debating the Foundation of Quantum Mechanics

280 - David Albert & Jacob Barandes: Debating the Foundation of Quantum Mechanics

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David Albert is the Frederick E. Woodbridge Professor of
Philosophy at Columbia University, director of the Philosophical
Foundations of Physics program at Columbia, and a faculty member
of the John Bell Institute for the Foundations of Physics. Jacob
Barandes is Senior Preceptor in Physics at Harvard University,
where he works widely across the philosophy of physics, with
focuses on the foundations of quantum mechanics, the philosophy
of spacetime, and the metaphysics of laws. In this episode,
Robinson, Jacob, and David discuss Jacob’s novel Indivisibility
Approach to quantum mechanics. After beginning with an
introduction from David, the conversation touches on the
measurement problem, completeness, scientific realism, the
purpose of physics, and more. If you’re interested in the
foundations of physics, then please check out the JBI, which is
devoted to providing a home for research and education in this
important area. Any donations are immensely helpful at this early
stage in the institute’s life.

Jacob’s Website: https://www.jacobbarandes.com

A Guess at the Riddle: https://a.co/d/6qcsidl

The John Bell Institute: https://www.johnbellinstitute.org

OUTLINE

00:00 The Problem with the Wave Function

05:30 The Indivisibility Approach

17:28 What Is Indivisibility?

25:13 The Measurement Problem

32:18 The Incompleteness of Jacob’s Theory

42:20 Completing the Theory

47:12 Realism in Quantum Mechanics

01:03:13 The Fundamental Task of Physics

01:10:57 The Structure of the Indivisibility Theory

01;22:26 Summarizing and Calculating

01:40:01 The Game of Fundamental Physics

01:46:31 Can Bohmian Mechanics Work?

01:56:26 A Version Including David’s Theory

02:04:49 What Is the Wave Function?

02:15:33 Where We’ve Ended Up

Robinson Erhardt researches symbolic logic and the foundations of
mathematics at Stanford University, where he is also a JD
candidate in the Law School.