Undergrad Ontology of an electron passing through a Stern-Gerlach magnet

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I see this through the prism of a materialistic interpretation of action in a closed world.
 
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martinbn said:
That the particles/fields exist, in this example the electron.
That's not an ontology. This situation you describe is exactly why to this day QT has no ontology. Shut up and calculate is not an ontology.
 
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EPR said:
That's not an ontology. This situation you describe is exactly why to this day QT has no ontology. Shut up and calculate is not an ontology.
What is onltology according to you?
 

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