A new interpretation of quantum theory, based on a bundle-theoretic view of objective idealism

TL;DR

This paper proposes a novel interpretation of quantum theory rooted in a bundle-theoretic view of objective idealism, aiming to clarify quantum weirdness through philosophical and ontological insights.

Contribution

It introduces a new philosophical framework linking quantum indiscernibility to bundle theories in objective idealism, offering an alternative to materialist interpretations.

Findings

Quantum indiscernibility relates to bundle-theoretic concepts.

A philosophical reinterpretation can explain quantum weirdness.

Objective idealism provides a coherent ontological basis for quantum theory.

Abstract

After about a century since the first attempts by Bohr, the interpretation of quantum theory is still a field with many open questions. In this article a new interpretation of quantum theory is suggested, motivated by philosophical considerations. Based on the findings that the 'weirdness' of quantum theory can be understood to derive from a vanishing distinguishability of indiscernible particles, and the observation that a similar vanishing distinguishability is found for bundle theories in philosophical ontology, the claim is made that quantum theory can be interpreted in an intelligible way by positing a bundle-theoretic view of objective idealism instead of materialism as the underlying fundamental nature of reality.