Related Experiment Video
Updated: Oct 11, 2025

Quantum State Engineering of Light with Continuous-wave Optical Parametric Oscillators
Published on: May 30, 2014
Is the Information-Theoretic Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics an ontic structural realist view?
1University of Cincinnati, Department of Philosophy, 2600 Clifton Ave., Cincinnati, OH, 45221, USA.
Abstract:
The Information-Theoretic Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics from (Bub & Pitowsky, 2010) has been criticized in two ways related to the ontological picture it supplies. This paper explores whether Ontic Structural Realism can supplement the metaphysics of ITIQM in a way that would satisfy its critics. The many similarities between the two views are detailed. And it is argued that the ITIQM view ca. 2010 does seem to be compatible with OSR, but as the view evolved in Bub's Bananaworld (2016), its fundamental metaphysical commitments shifted, making it a less clean fit with OSR.
Related Concept Videos
The Quantum-Mechanical Model of an Atom
Structuralism
Titchener's approach to structuralism was unique. He...
The Uncertainty Principle
The Wave Nature of Light
The de Broglie Wavelength
Electronic Structure of Atoms
An atom comprises protons and neutrons, which are contained inside the dense, central core called the nucleus, with electrons present around the nucleus. Taking into account the wave–particle duality of electrons and the uncertainty in position around the nucleus, quantum mechanics provides a more accurate model for the atomic structure. It describes atomic orbitals as the regions around the nucleus where electrons of discrete energy exist, characterized by four quantum...

