Slides of the talk "Both deterministic and probabilistic phenomena can exist in spacetime" on 13 May 2025, organized by the Department of Philosophy of Science of the Institute of Philosophy and Sociology at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences.


Both Deterministic and Probabilistic Phenomena Can Exist in Spacetime

Vesselin Petkov
Minkowski Institute
Montreal, Canada
https://www.minkowskiinstitute.com
https://vesselinpetkov.com
vpetkov@minkowskiinstitute.com

13 May 2025, 13:30
"Acad. Ivan Geshov" Hall of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences

Abstract
It is frequently asserted that quantum mechanics and relativity are incompatible due to the probabilistic nature of quantum phenomena on the one hand and the deterministic nature of relativity on the other. However, this viewpoint is a consequence of misunderstanding stemming from the primary unresolved question in quantum mechanics: the absence of a spacetime model for the quantum object (quantum mechanics describes not the quantum object itself but rather its states). An analysis of the necessity for discovering an adequate spacetime model of the quantum object reveals that both deterministic and probabilistic phenomena can exist in spacetime.




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