Monadic Inhabitation and Quantum Selection
Extends the ontology into quantum mechanics; argues that quantum measurement is worldframe selection and formalizes the R_monad relation.
Abstract
I introduce the R_monad relation as a formal structure encoding monadic accessibility over worldframes and show that the quantum measurement event is, under this formalization, a worldframe selection event rather than a physical process distinct from unitary evolution. The measurement problem dissolves: the appearance of collapse is the structural signature of a worldframe being determinately inhabited. I compare this account with relational quantum mechanics, QBism, and many-worlds interpretations, arguing that it resolves the difficulties each faces.
Concepts employed
Claims defended
The apparent collapse of the quantum wavefunction upon measurement is not a physical process distinct from unitary evolu…
A worldframe exists as determinate — as having the entities, relations, and history it has — only in virtue of being inh…