On the Possibility of Quantum Informational Structural Realism

TL;DR

This paper explores extending Floridi's informational structural realism by incorporating quantum features into primordial information, offering a new ontological framework that clarifies quantum phenomena and reduces their perceived weirdness.

Contribution

It introduces Quantum Informational Structural Realism, integrating quantum features into Floridi's ontology to better interpret quantum phenomena.

Findings

Provides a metaphysical interpretation of quantum phenomena

Reduces the perceived 'weirdness' of quantum mechanics

Extends Floridi's structural realism with quantum information

Abstract

In The Philosophy of Information (2011 book), Luciano Floridi presents an ontological theory of Being qua Being, which he calls "Informational Structural Realism", a theory which applies, he says, to every possible world. He identifies primordial information ("dedomena") as the foundation of any structure in any possible world. The present essay examines Floridi's defense of that theory, as well as his refutation of "Digital Ontology" (which some people might confuse with his own). Then, using Floridi's ontology as a starting point, the present essay adds quantum features to dedomena, yielding an ontological theory for our own universe, Quantum Informational Structural Realism, which provides a metaphysical interpretation of key quantum phenomena, and diminishes the "weirdness" or "spookiness" of quantum mechanics. Key Words: digital ontology, dedomena, structural realism, quantum information, primordial qubit