The Quantum Hall Effects: Philosophical Approach

TL;DR

This paper explores the philosophical implications of the Quantum Hall Effects, discussing how dialectical materialism offers a rational framework to understand their phenomena, theory, and ontology.

Contribution

It introduces a philosophical analysis of the Quantum Hall Effects, proposing dialectical materialism as a solution to realism challenges in understanding these phenomena.

Findings

Dialectical materialism provides a coherent philosophical framework.

It resolves issues with Scientific Realism and Non Figurative Realism.

Offers insights into the ontology and theory of Quantum Hall Effects.

Abstract

The Quantum Hall Effects offer a rich variety of theoretical and experimental advances. They provide interesting insights on such topics as complementarity, gauge invariance, strong interactions, emergence of new theoretical concepts. This paper focuses on some related philosophical questions. Hacking's views on Scientific Realism, Chalmers' on Non Figurative Realism are discussed. It is argued that the difficulties with those versions of realism may be resolved within a dialectical materialist approach. The latter is shown to provide a rational approach to the phenomena, the theory and the ontology of the Quantum Hall Effects.