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Assuming the standard model of quantum mechanics is more or less correct which enteties are ontologically basic?
1) Leptons and quarks
2) The quantum fields
3) The universal wave function
4) The Hilbert space where said wave function lives
5) The mathematics used to describe the wave function
Interesting, but this does not exactly mean the concrete is incoherent, more that QM isnt playing ball.
I could do this with any other theory of physics just as easily, e.g., in Newtonian mechanics are are particles ontologically basic, or are points in the universal phase space?
Edit: Also, I never said the concrete was incoherent, I said the concept of "ontologically basic" was incoherent.
You're arguing issues of cartography, not geography.
No, I'm saying that the people asking whether something is "ontologically basic" are arguing cartography. Also it's funny how they only ask the question of things they don't believe exist.
Ok I'm in agreement with that.
I don't that is clear cut, because space and points have often often been denied any reality
Concrete was my tablets version of concept.