Volume 12, Issue 2, pages 85-137
Despite the empirical robustness of quantum mechanics, foundational questions regarding the ontological status of the quantum state and the origin of probability remain unresolved. This work introduces \textbf{Distributed Presence (DP)}, a structural ontological framework that addresses these issues by reinterpreting quantum phenomena through the lens of a system’s modaldistribution across its state space. Crucially, this distribution is distinct from spatial extension; it describes how a system ontologically exists across mutually exclusive possibilities prior to interaction. Departing from epistemic interpretations that assume definite pre-measurement values, DP posits that distributed presence is a fundamental feature of physical reality. Consequently, probability is not introduced as a primitive axiom but emerges operationally from the geometric reconfiguration of this presence, offering a structural derivation of the Born rule. This perspective provides a unified conceptual basis for superposition, measurement collapse, and entanglement. Specifically, entanglement is defined as the non-factorizability of presence fractions within a composite state space. From this standpoint, non-local correlations are understood as consequences of a shared modal structure (an ontological unity) rather than dynamical signal transmission, ensuring full compatibility with relativistic causality. Formulated within a Euclidean geometric setting chosen for ontological transparency, the framework complements the standard Hilbert-space formalism. By grounding randomness and quantum behavior in the logic of distributed presence, this work bridges the conceptual gap between unitary evolution and definite outcomes, offering a coherent alternative to both wave-function realism and purely informational interpretations.
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