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The Principle of the Identity of Indiscernibles and Quantum Mechanics

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2022

James Ladyman  and
Tomasz Bigaj
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Abstract

It is argued that recent discussion of the principle of the identity of indiscernibles (PII) and quantum mechanics has lost sight of the broader philosophical motivation and significance of PII and that the ‘received view' of the status of PII in the light of quantum mechanics survives recent criticisms of it by Muller, Saunders, and Seevinck.

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Research Article
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Philosophy of Science , Volume 77 , Issue 1 , January 2010 , pp. 117 - 136
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Copyright © The Philosophy of Science Association

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