Nonrelativistic quantum mechanics (QM) works perfectly well for all practical purposes. Once one admits, however, that a successful scientific theory is supposed not only to make predictions but also to tell us a story about the world in which we live, a philosophical problem emerges: in the specific case of QM, it is not possible to associate with the theory a unique scientific image of the world; there are several images. The fact that the theory may be compatible with distinct ontologies, and that those ontologies may themselves be associated with a plurality of metaphysical approaches, gives rise to the problem of metaphysical underdetermination. This paper concludes that the available metametaphysical criteria fail to deliver objectivity in theory choice, and it puts forward its own criterion based on a tension between two methods of metaphysical inquiry: one that is closely related to science and another that is not.

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论物理学、形而上学和形而上学

非相对论量子力学 (QM) 适用于所有实际目的。然而，一旦有人承认成功的科学理论不仅应该做出预测，而且应该告诉我们一个关于我们生活的世界的故事，一个哲学问题就出现了：在 QM 的特定情况下，不可能将理论与世界的独特科学形象联系起来；有几个图片。该理论可能与不同的本体兼容，并且这些本体本身可能与多种形而上学方法相关联，这一事实引起了形而上学不确定性的问题。本文的结论是，现有的形而上学标准无法在理论选择中提供客观性，并基于两种形而上学探究方法之间的张力提出了自己的标准：一种与科学密切相关，另一种则与科学无关。