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The unfinished quantum revolution： why is the interpretation debate continuing？

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- The unfinished quantum revolution： why is the interpretation debate continuing？
- Emerging Science and Technology(Nat.Sci.Ed.) Vol. 4, Issue 4, Pages: 353-362(2025)
- 作者机构：
  
  山西大学科学技术哲学研究中心，山西太原，030006
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- DOI：10.12405/j.issn.2097-1486.2025.04.004
  CLC： N031
- Received：04 November 2025，
  
  Revised：2025-12-03，
  
  Online First：28 July 2026，
  
  Published：25 December 2025
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赵丹.未完成的量子革命：解释纷争为何仍在继续？[J].新兴科学和技术趋势,2025,4(4):353-362.

ZHAO Dan.The unfinished quantum revolution： why is the interpretation debate continuing？[J].Emerging Science and Technology,2025,4(4):353-362.
赵丹.未完成的量子革命：解释纷争为何仍在继续？[J].新兴科学和技术趋势,2025,4(4):353-362. DOI： 10.12405/j.issn.2097-1486.2025.04.004.

ZHAO Dan.The unfinished quantum revolution： why is the interpretation debate continuing？[J].Emerging Science and Technology,2025,4(4):353-362. DOI： 10.12405/j.issn.2097-1486.2025.04.004.

摘要

发端于20世纪初的“量子革命”至今仍是一场“未完成的革命”，其核心解释纷争历百年而未决。文章回顾了从矩阵力学-波动力学之争、爱因斯坦-玻尔论战，到哥本哈根解释与玻姆力学、多世界解释之争论，再到哥本哈根学派与普林斯顿学派围绕测量问题展开的争论历程，进而梳理了当前物理学界解释版图的复杂局面，并剖析了争论背后关于世界图景的根本分歧。文章指出，量子革命不仅是理论与技术的革命，更是一场关于世界图景的理解与解释的革命。持续百年的解释之争，虽越来越难以达成共识，却在为物理学的持续进步提供不竭的思想动力。

Abstract

The quantum revolution initiated in the early 20th century still remains incomplete， with the persistent debates over its interpretation unresolved. This article examines the historical trajectory of these debates， encompassing the matrix mechanics-wave mechanics controversy， the seminal Einstein-Bohr debates， and the subsequent disputes concerning the measurement problem among interpretive schools such as the Copenhagen interpretation， Bohmian mechanics， and the many-worlds interpretation. Furthermore， it delineates the contemporary， complex topography of interpretations within physics and probes the profound divergences in the conception of reality that fuel these discussions. This article points out that the quantum revolution is not only a theoretical and technological revolution， but a transformative shift in the comprehension and interpretation of the world picture. Though there is no consensus over the century-long debates， it furnishes indispensable intellectual momentum for the continual advancement of physics.

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