Michael Cuffaro (University of Western Ontario), Stephan Hartmann (LMU Munich)
We consider both the general and the more specific derivation of the Lindblad equation of open quantum systems theory in some detail and argue that in both cases one can discern clear and strong physical motivations for considering the open-systems view of quantum systems (rather than the traditional closed-systems view) as the fundamental one from which to consider the metaphysics of quantum systems, and we discuss the consequences of so doing.
