Remarks on quantum ontology
Synthese 125 (1-2):155-167 (2000)
| Abstract | Despite the discrepancies between quantum objects and `classical' ones, mainly with regard to the fact that the latter may be thought of as `individuals', contrary to the former, we still regard the quanta as `things' in our ordinary discourse as well as in the logico-mathematical basis of quantum theories. This paper considers some possibilities for accomodating the logico-mathematical framework of the theories which deal with such a strange ontology where the inhabitants are things devoid of identity and both having and not having certain properties.``All right'', said the Cat; and this time it vanished quite slowly, beginning with the end of the tail, and ending with the grin, which remained some time after the rest of it had gone. | |||||||||
| Keywords | No keywords specified (fix it) | |||||||||
| Categories | ||||||||||
| Options |
|
|||||||||
Download options| PhilPapers Archive |
Upload a copy of this paper Check publisher's policy on self-archival Papers currently archived: 5,679 |
| External links |
 |
| Through your library | Configure |
Similar books and articlesAlyssa Ney (2012). The Status of Our Ordinary Three Dimensions in a Quantum Universe 1. Noûs 46 (3):525-560.
Gordon Belot (2012). Quantum States for Primitive Ontologists. European Journal for Philosophy of Science 2 (1):67-83.
Darrin W. Belousek (2003). Non‐Seperability, Non‐Supervenience, and Quantum Ontology. Philosophy of Science 70 (4):791-811.
Décio Krause & Steven French (1995). A Formal Framework for Quantum Non-Individuality. Synthese 102 (1):195 - 214.
Décio Krause (2010). Logical Aspects of Quantum (Non-)Individuality. Foundations of Science 15 (1).
Analytics
Monthly downloads |
Added to index2009-01-28Total downloads10 ( #106,301 of 549,087 )Recent downloads (6 months)1 ( #63,317 of 549,087 )How can I increase my downloads? |
My notes
Discussion
