TL;DR
This paper discusses the objective nature of quantum physics, contrasting it with classical physics, and introduces a broader 'open realism' to reconcile quantum mechanics with a mind-independent reality.
Contribution
It proposes the concept of 'open realism' as a broader form of realism that accommodates the non-objectivity of standard quantum mechanics.
Findings
Standard quantum mechanics is only weakly objective.
'Open realism' restores the notion of mind-independent reality.
Quantum statements are predictive of observations, not direct descriptions of reality.
Abstract
Contrary to classical physics, which was strongly objective i.e. could be interpreted as a description of mind-independent reality, standard quantum mechanics (SQM) is only weakly objective, that is to say, its statements, though intersubjectively valid, still merely refer to operations of the mind. Essentially, in fact, they are predictive of observations. On the view that SQM is universal conventional realism is thereby refuted. It is shown however that this does not rule out a broader form of realism, called here 'open realism', restoring the notion of mind-independent reality.
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