Mathematical fictionalism vs. physical fictionalism

[Josef Urban]

Not sure how related it is but Rizwan Virk made recently interesting
connections between quantum phenomena and game-style simulation:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHlfe2HE_gQ (also a book published in 2019).

Josef

On Mon, Mar 29, 2021 at 5:28 AM Vaughan Pratt <pratt at cs.stanford.edu> wrote:

> While I'm sympathetic to the point of view of mathematical fictionalism,
> I'd be interested in hearing from any FOM participants about physics
> fictionalism.
>
> Whereas Bohmian mechanics maintains that particles such as electrons move
> continuously, the Copenhagen Interpretation maintains that electrons in
> orbitals only exist as distributions and not as actual continuously moving
> particles.
>
> These being contradictory points of view, must we infer that at least one
> of them is fictional?
>
> Vaughan Pratt
>
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