JOURNAL OF DIALECTICS OF NATURE
A Comprehensive, Academic Journal of the Philosophy, History, Sociology and Cultural Studies of Science and Technology
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FENG Hang
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An Analysis of Humeanism and Dispositionalism on Laws of Nature Abstract: Laws of nature occupy a central role in scientific practice and have raised profound philosophical questions. Currently, there are two major competing theories of laws of nature in philosophy of science: Humeanism and dispositionalism. According to Humeanism, laws merely supervene on the distribution of mosaic in spacetime, whereas dispositionalism claims that laws reveal the dispositional properties of things. This paper expounds the key perspectives of both positions and their applications in classical mechanics and quantum mechanics. To gain a deeper understanding of the differences between the two, we introduce the concept of grounding and demonstrate through specific examples its unique value in addressing philosophical issues related to laws of nature. Key Words: Laws of nature; Humeanism; Dispositionalism; GroundingIssue:Volume 47, lssue 9, September 2025Page: 30-37
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The Studies on the Primitive Ontology Approach to Quantum Mechanics Abstract: The primitive ontology approach to quantum mechanics aims to construct a universal explanatory framework, enabling macroscopic entities and their behaviors in the 3D space to be explained based on the microscopic entities and their behaviors in the 3D space. Bohmian mechanics and the Random Discontinuous Motion of Particles (RDMP) are two primitive ontology theories of quantum mechanics. Bohmian mechanics posits its primitive ontology based on certain a priori principles and explains the wave function on this basis. In contrast, the RDMP theory, combining new empirical facts provided by protective measurements and the universally valid reality criteria in physics (the Ontological Model Framework), adopts a more general and rigorous methodological principle in exploring the ontology of quantum mechanics, emphasizing the correspondence between the formalism of physical theories, physical ontology, and human experience. Key Words: Quantum realism; Primitive ontology approach; Bohmian mechanics; Theory of Random Discontinuous Motion of Particles; Ontological model frameworkIssue:Volume 48, lssue 7, July 2026Page: 40-48
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