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We begin with a discussion of the ontic-ontologic difference between things and objects as entities a priori and a posteriori, respectively. It will be shown that only objects in this sense of the word are the matter of contemporary physics. This causes severe problems, since the attempt to apply any notion of object to the elements of any micro-world leads to the wellknown quantum paradoxes. This consequence is unavoidable. Therefore, until physics starts to re-think its own fundaments, said paradoxes must remain unsolved. The thoughts of Martin Heidegger may serve as a token to overcome these difficulties, because they implicate a foundation of physics in terms of holistic performances rather than interacting but still isolated objects.
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Krüger, T. (1994). Towards a Philosophy of Objects. In: van der Merwe, A., Garuccio, A. (eds) Waves and Particles in Light and Matter. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-2550-9_29
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