The problem of molecular structure just is the measurement problem

A Franklin, VA Seifert - The British Journal for the Philosophy …, 2024 - journals.uchicago.edu
Whether or not quantum physics can account for molecular structure is a matter of
considerable controversy. Three of the problems raised in this regard are the problems of …

Is the problem of molecular structure just the quantum measurement problem?

S Fortin, O Lombardi - Foundations of Chemistry, 2021 - Springer
In a recent article entitled “The problem of molecular structure just is the measurement
problem”, Alexander Franklin and Vanessa Seifert argue that insofar as the quantum …

Two-step emergence: the quantum theory of atoms in molecules as a bridge between quantum mechanics and molecular chemistry

CF Matta, O Lombardi, J Jaimes Arriaga - Foundations of Chemistry, 2020 - Springer
By moving away from the traditional reductionist reading of the quantum theory of atoms in
molecules (QTAIM), in this paper we analyze the role played by QTAIM in the relationship …

From Quantum Holism to the Disunity of Science and Social Activism: The Cat-Feyerabend Correspondence

J Cat, J Shaw - International Studies in the Philosophy of Science, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
This essay offers a discussion and contextualisation of a series of letters exchanged
between Jordi Cat and Paul Feyerabend from 1989 to 1994. These letters provide insights …

[HTML][HTML] Contextual emergence

H Atmanspacher, P Beim Graben - Scholarpedia, 2009 - scholarpedia.org
Contextual emergence characterizes a specific kind of relationship between different
domains of scientific descriptions of particular phenomena. Although these domains are not …

Structure, shape, topology: entangled concepts in molecular chemistry

E Ghibaudi, L Cerruti, G Villani - Foundations of chemistry, 2020 - Springer
The concepts of molecular structure and molecular shape are ubiquitous in the chemical
literature, where they are often taken as synonyms, with unavoidable drawbacks in …

The strong emergence of molecular structure

VA Seifert - European Journal for Philosophy of Science, 2020 - Springer
One of the most plausible and widely discussed examples of strong emergence is molecular
structure. The only detailed account of it, which has been very influential, is due to Robin …

About the Concept of Molecular Structure

O Lombardi, G Villani - Foundations of Science, 2024 - Springer
The concept of molecular structure is one of the most important concepts of chemistry. In fact,
molecular structure is closely related to the concept of chemical substance and its set of …

Finding Time for Wheeler-DeWitt Cosmology

N Huggett, KPY Thébault - arXiv preprint arXiv:2310.11072, 2023 - arxiv.org
We conduct a case study analysis of a proposal for the emergence of time based upon the
approximate derivation of three grades of temporal structure within an explicit quantum …

On the Quantum Theory of Molecules: Rigour, Idealization, and Uncertainty

N Huggett, J Ladyman, KPY Thébault - arXiv preprint arXiv:2411.01942, 2024 - arxiv.org
Philosophers have claimed that:(a) the Born-Oppenheimer approximation methods for
solving molecular Schr\" odinger equations violate the Heisenberg uncertainty relations; …