Talk:Instrumentalist interpretation

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The subject matter of instrumentalism in quantum mechanics is not new and is important practically and as a foundational concern. However, much of the article is speculative: Particularly, the way the intro is stated:

This article aims at proposing a non-interpretative description of some key quantum experiments, based as far as possible on genuine facts, although there is no criterion for deciding whether this goal has been fully achieved or not (should it be feasible).

WP articles should not propose anything, they should report (of course WP also encourages to break all the rules). We can achieve both aims by changing the focus of the article and rather than refer to it as a proposal call it an example. But please, the article needs references. That is one rule that should not be broken. --CSTAR 15:58, 14 November 2005 (UTC)

If this is to remain as a separate article, then it should be renamed Factual approach to quantum theory. The article should be referenced in article Quantum mechanics, subsection philosophical consequences, and in article Copenhagen interpretation, subsection alternatives. The reference could be worded as follows:

"An alternative approach states that quantum theory becomes immediately intuitive if understood as a description of the protocol of our interface to the world, as opposed to a description of the world. Examples are given in Factual approach to quantum theory."

The introductory sentence to the new article shall then be replaced with:

"The present article provides examples of a factual, non-interpretative, description of key quantum experiments according to which the aboutness of quantum theory becomes immediately intuitive: it describes the protocol of our interface to the world, as opposed to describing the world itself."

(SUGDUB - 21 November 2005)