  In this paper we analyze the definition of quantum superpositions within
orthodox Quantum Mechanics (QM) and their relation to physical reality. We will
begin by discussing how the metaphysical presuppositions imposed by Bohr on the
interpretation of QM have become not only interpretational dogmas which
constrain the limits of the present Orthodox Line of Research (OLR), but also
how these desiderata implicitly preclude the possibility of developing a
physical representation of quantum superpositions. We will then continue
analyzing how most interpretations of QM argue against the existence of
superpositions. Firstly, we will focus on those interpretations which attempt
to recover a classical representation about "what there is", and secondly, we
will concentrate on the arguments provided by Dieks and Griffiths who, staying
close to the orthodox formalism, also attempt to "get rid of the ghost of
Schrodinger's cat". Contrary to the OLR, we will argue -based on our definition
of Meaningful Physical Statements (MPS)- that from a representational realist
perspective which stays close to the orthodox Hilbert space formalism, quantum
superpositions are not only the key to the most important -present and future-
technological and experimental developments in quantum information processing
but also, they must be considered as the kernel of any interpretation of QM
that attempts to provide a physical representation of reality. We will also
argue that the price to pay for such representational realist development must
be the abandonment of the (dogmatic) idea that 'Actuality = Reality'.
