QUANTUM-LIKE MODELING AND ITS PHILOSOPHICAL FOUNDATIONS
Igor Evgenievich Pris
Institute of Philosophy, National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, Minsk, Republic of Belarus
Keywords: quantum mechanics, socio-humanitarian phenomena, quantum-like modelling, contextual realism
Abstract
The article argues that the formalism of quantum mechanics (QM) can be used to model phenomena and systems beyond QM and even physics, in particular in the socio-humanitarian field. As is known, this really takes place; A. Khrennikov’s quantum-like modeling (QLM) is an example. We propose a philosophical justification for QLM within the framework of contextual realism (CR). With regard to quantum physics, we speak of contextual quantum realism (CQR). The fundamental points in CR are the sensitivity of ontology to context and the understanding of contextuality as inseparable from normativity. A detailed account of the concept of CR can be found in our other works. Here we only briefly summarize it and apply it to understand the foundations and possibilities of QLM.,
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