Seeking for a fundamental quantum arrow of time: Time reversal and the symmetry-to-reality inference in standard quantum mechanics

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López, Cristian Ariel
Año de publicación
2018
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inglés
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In this paper I shall shed some doubts on a widely-held claim: standard quantum mechanics is time-reversal invariant, and thereby, blind to the direction of time. Building bridges between physics and philosophy, I shall argue that such a claim features some puzzling assumptions that are frequently overlooked in the literature. In particular, I shall first argue that the claim involves some methodological and metaphysical commitments that should be evaluated more prudently from philosophy and from physics. Second, I shall point out that the common inference that goes from symmetry to metaphysical conclusions needs some correction and refinement to be acceptable for time symmetry and the debate around the arrow of time.
Fil: López, Cristian Ariel. Universite de Lausanne; Suiza. Universidad de Buenos Aires; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
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ARROW OF TIME
MOTION REVERSAL
PHILOSOPHY OF PHYSICS
QUANTUM MECHANICS
SYMMETRY
TIME-REVERSAL INVARIANCE
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spelling Seeking for a fundamental quantum arrow of time: Time reversal and the symmetry-to-reality inference in standard quantum mechanicsLópez, Cristian ArielARROW OF TIMEMOTION REVERSALPHILOSOPHY OF PHYSICSQUANTUM MECHANICSSYMMETRYTIME-REVERSAL INVARIANCEhttps://purl.org/becyt/ford/6.3https://purl.org/becyt/ford/6In this paper I shall shed some doubts on a widely-held claim: standard quantum mechanics is time-reversal invariant, and thereby, blind to the direction of time. Building bridges between physics and philosophy, I shall argue that such a claim features some puzzling assumptions that are frequently overlooked in the literature. In particular, I shall first argue that the claim involves some methodological and metaphysical commitments that should be evaluated more prudently from philosophy and from physics. Second, I shall point out that the common inference that goes from symmetry to metaphysical conclusions needs some correction and refinement to be acceptable for time symmetry and the debate around the arrow of time.Fil: López, Cristian Ariel. Universite de Lausanne; Suiza. Universidad de Buenos Aires; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; ArgentinaFrontiers Media2018-09info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:ar-repo/semantics/articuloapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/11336/177532López, Cristian Ariel; Seeking for a fundamental quantum arrow of time: Time reversal and the symmetry-to-reality inference in standard quantum mechanics; Frontiers Media; Frontiers in Physics; 6; SEP; 9-2018; 1-102296-424XCONICET DigitalCONICETenginfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/url/https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fphy.2018.00104/fullinfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.3389/fphy.2018.00104info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/ar/reponame:CONICET Digital (CONICET)instname:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas2025-09-29T09:56:16Zoai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/177532instacron:CONICETInstitucionalhttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/Organismo científico-tecnológicoNo correspondehttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/oai/requestdasensio@conicet.gov.ar; lcarlino@conicet.gov.arArgentinaNo correspondeNo correspondeNo correspondeopendoar:34982025-09-29 09:56:16.936CONICET Digital (CONICET) - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicasfalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Seeking for a fundamental quantum arrow of time: Time reversal and the symmetry-to-reality inference in standard quantum mechanics
title Seeking for a fundamental quantum arrow of time: Time reversal and the symmetry-to-reality inference in standard quantum mechanics
spellingShingle Seeking for a fundamental quantum arrow of time: Time reversal and the symmetry-to-reality inference in standard quantum mechanics
López, Cristian Ariel
ARROW OF TIME
MOTION REVERSAL
PHILOSOPHY OF PHYSICS
QUANTUM MECHANICS
SYMMETRY
TIME-REVERSAL INVARIANCE
title_short Seeking for a fundamental quantum arrow of time: Time reversal and the symmetry-to-reality inference in standard quantum mechanics
title_full Seeking for a fundamental quantum arrow of time: Time reversal and the symmetry-to-reality inference in standard quantum mechanics
title_fullStr Seeking for a fundamental quantum arrow of time: Time reversal and the symmetry-to-reality inference in standard quantum mechanics
title_full_unstemmed Seeking for a fundamental quantum arrow of time: Time reversal and the symmetry-to-reality inference in standard quantum mechanics
title_sort Seeking for a fundamental quantum arrow of time: Time reversal and the symmetry-to-reality inference in standard quantum mechanics
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv López, Cristian Ariel
author López, Cristian Ariel
author_facet López, Cristian Ariel
author_role author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv ARROW OF TIME
MOTION REVERSAL
PHILOSOPHY OF PHYSICS
QUANTUM MECHANICS
SYMMETRY
TIME-REVERSAL INVARIANCE
topic ARROW OF TIME
MOTION REVERSAL
PHILOSOPHY OF PHYSICS
QUANTUM MECHANICS
SYMMETRY
TIME-REVERSAL INVARIANCE
purl_subject.fl_str_mv https://purl.org/becyt/ford/6.3
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/6
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv In this paper I shall shed some doubts on a widely-held claim: standard quantum mechanics is time-reversal invariant, and thereby, blind to the direction of time. Building bridges between physics and philosophy, I shall argue that such a claim features some puzzling assumptions that are frequently overlooked in the literature. In particular, I shall first argue that the claim involves some methodological and metaphysical commitments that should be evaluated more prudently from philosophy and from physics. Second, I shall point out that the common inference that goes from symmetry to metaphysical conclusions needs some correction and refinement to be acceptable for time symmetry and the debate around the arrow of time.
Fil: López, Cristian Ariel. Universite de Lausanne; Suiza. Universidad de Buenos Aires; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
description In this paper I shall shed some doubts on a widely-held claim: standard quantum mechanics is time-reversal invariant, and thereby, blind to the direction of time. Building bridges between physics and philosophy, I shall argue that such a claim features some puzzling assumptions that are frequently overlooked in the literature. In particular, I shall first argue that the claim involves some methodological and metaphysical commitments that should be evaluated more prudently from philosophy and from physics. Second, I shall point out that the common inference that goes from symmetry to metaphysical conclusions needs some correction and refinement to be acceptable for time symmetry and the debate around the arrow of time.
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López, Cristian Ariel; Seeking for a fundamental quantum arrow of time: Time reversal and the symmetry-to-reality inference in standard quantum mechanics; Frontiers Media; Frontiers in Physics; 6; SEP; 9-2018; 1-10
2296-424X
CONICET Digital
CONICET
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