Quantum indeterminacy and the eigenstate-eigenvalue link

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Synthese 199 (3-4):1-32 (2021)
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Can quantum theory provide examples of metaphysical indeterminacy, indeterminacy that obtains in the world itself, independently of how one represents the world in language or thought? We provide a positive answer assuming just one constraint of orthodox quantum theory: the eigenstate-eigenvalue link. Our account adds a modal condition to preclude spurious indeterminacy in the presence of superselection sectors. No other extant account of metaphysical indeterminacy in quantum theory meets these demands.

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Samuel C. Fletcher
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David E. Taylor
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