Journal of Quantum Science & Emerging Technologies(JQSET)
Januarius Asongu
Saint Monica University, Buea, Cameroon
Publications
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Review Article
Quantum Conditional Reality: A Synthetic Realist Interpretation of Quantum Foundations
Author(s): Januarius Asongu*
Quantum mechanics is the most empirically successful theory in modern science, yet its conceptual and ontological foundations remain deeply contested. Persistent disagreements over the status of the quantum state, the nature of measurement, and the role of the observer bifurcate the field into realist, instrumentalist, and constructivist camps. This article proposes Critical Synthetic Realism (CSR) as a coherent philosophical framework for resolving these foundational tensions. CSR integrates a stratified metaphysics of Conditional Reality—where quantum phenomena are understood as real but manifest only under specific theoretical, experimental, and contextual conditions—with an expanded epistemology of Critical Fallibilism, which acknowledges the profound underdetermination of ontological interpretation by empirical data. Rejecting both the naïve realist treatment of .. Read More»