The Interpretation Problem of Quantum Mechanics and Scientific Realism

Scientific realism holds that the physical world exists independently of human perception, and that the aim of science is to provide a true description of the world. Entities, properties of entities and structures consisting of relations between entities could be regarded as the elements of reality from a realistic point of view. The interpretation problem of quantum mechanics is an attempt to answer the question; which properties of physical entities are real in quantum mechanics? That is, this problem presupposes that properties of physical entities can be regarded as the elements of reality. In the present paper I discuss the interpretation problem of quantum mechanics in order to examine which elements are real. I conclude that the properties of physical entities cannot be regarded as the elements of reality, and that the elements of reality are entities and structures consisting of relations between entities