Artículo
Abstract:
According to ontological reductionism, molecular chemistry refers, at last, to the quantum ontology; therefore, the ontological commitments of chemistry turn out to be finally grounded on quantum mechanics. The main problem of this position is that nobody really knows what quantum ontology is. The purpose of this work is to argue that the confidence in the existence of the physical entities described by quantum mechanics does not take into account the interpretative problems of the theory: in the discussions about the relationship between chemistry and physics, difficulties are seen only on the side of chemistry, whereas matters highly controversial on the side of physics are taken for granted. For instance, it is usually supposed that the infinite mass limit in the Born-Oppenheimer approximation leads by itself to the concept of molecular framework used in molecular chemistry. We will argue that this assumption is implicitly based on an interpretative postulate for quantum mechanics, which, in turn, runs into difficulties when applied to the explanation of the simplest model of the hydrogen atom. © 2010 Springer Science+Business Media B.V.
Registro:
| Documento: | Artículo |
| Título: | Matters are not so clear on the physical side |
| Autor: | Lombardi, O.; Castagnino, M. |
| Filiación: | CONICET, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina CONICET, IAFE, IFIR, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| Palabras clave: | Born-Oppenheimer approximation; Molecular chemistry; Quantum mechanics; Quantum ontology |
| Año: | 2010 |
| Volumen: | 12 |
| Número: | 2 |
| Página de inicio: | 159 |
| Página de fin: | 166 |
| DOI: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10698-010-9090-9 |
| Título revista: | Foundations of Chemistry |
| Título revista abreviado: | Found. Chem. |
| ISSN: | 13864238 |
| Registro: | https://bibliotecadigital.exactas.uba.ar/collection/paper/document/paper_13864238_v12_n2_p159_Lombardi |
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Lombardi, O. & Castagnino, M. (2010) . Matters are not so clear on the physical side. Foundations of Chemistry, 12(2), 159-166.http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10698-010-9090-9
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Lombardi, O., Castagnino, M. "Matters are not so clear on the physical side" . Foundations of Chemistry 12, no. 2 (2010) : 159-166.http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10698-010-9090-9
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Lombardi, O., Castagnino, M. "Matters are not so clear on the physical side" . Foundations of Chemistry, vol. 12, no. 2, 2010, pp. 159-166.http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10698-010-9090-9
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Lombardi, O., Castagnino, M. Matters are not so clear on the physical side. Found. Chem. 2010;12(2):159-166.http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10698-010-9090-9
