  The paper addresses the debate about the empirical status of particles versus
wave functions in Bohmian quantum mechanics. It thereby clarifies questions and
misconceptions about the role of the particles in the measurement process, the
(un)reliability of position measurements ("surrealistic trajectories"), and the
limited empirical access to particle positions ("absolute uncertainty"). Taking
the ontological commitment of Bohmian mechanics seriously, all relevant
empirical results follow from an analysis of the theory in terms of particle
motions. Finally, we address the question, why particle motions rather than
patterns in the wave function would be the supervenience base of conscious
experience.
