An "anti-system" ontology of quantum physics, as derived from two Einstein's conceptions of physical theories. Quantum physics as a theory of general relativity of experimental context

TL;DR

This paper proposes an 'anti-system' ontology of quantum physics based on Einstein's views, suggesting it fundamentally describes evolving experimental contexts and measurement outcomes, thus resolving key paradoxes and redefining objectivity.

Contribution

It introduces a novel ontology derived from Einstein's conceptions, framing quantum physics as a theory of experimental context akin to general relativity, and addresses longstanding quantum paradoxes.

Findings

Quantum ontology limited to experimental contexts and measurement outcomes

Resolution of Schrödinger's cat and EPR paradoxes

Quantum physics as a theory of general relativity of experimental context

Abstract

In glaring contrast to its indisputable century-old experimental success, the ultimate objects and meaning of quantum physics remain a matter of vigorous debate among physicists and philosophers of science. This article attempts to shed new light on the debate. It relies upon two comments by Albert Einstein on his general approach to physical theories. I draw their consequences for the definition of a physical theory's ontology, and next for the ontology of quantum physics - i.e. what it may ultimately be about. The quantum ontology thus derived appears to be strictly limited to evolving experimental contexts and instantaneous measurement outcomes, which are to be understood, respectively, as mere potential measurement outcomes and actual ones. The notions of material body in particular and physical system in general are absent from this ontology, hence the vanishing of Schroedinger's cat and EPR paradoxes, as well as of the quantum measurement problem. Apart from its ability to clear up well-known conundrums, this ontology reveals what quantum physics may fundamentally be - i.e. its possible ultimate meaning - namely a theory of general relativity of experimental context. On this basis, I conclude with a new conception of objectivity in the sciences of nature.