Radical Perspectivalism, Locality and Relativity
Abstract Perspectivalism is a natural ingredient of unitary one-world quantum mechanics. After briefly reviewing arguments for this thesis, we argue that a radical version of perspectivalism is able to provide local and relativistically covariant accounts of physical processes, and thus offers a way out of several no-go theorems. According to this radical perspectivalism, different perspectives are independent of each other and remain so even when they make causal contact. This leads to a worldview that is highly counter-intuitive, but does not lead to conflicts with experience. Moreover, locality and compatibility with relativity theory are positive points of radical perspectivalism.
Authors
- Dennis Dieks (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4755-3430)
Institutions
- Utrecht University (NL)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Foundations of Physics
- Published
- 2025-04-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s10701-025-00844-3
- Primary Topic
- Quantum Mechanics and Applications
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00