Linnebo, Oystein and Muller, F.A. (2012) On Witness-Discernibility of Elementary Particles. Erkenntnis.
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Abstract
In the context of discussions about the nature of ‘identical particles’ and the status of Leibniz’s Principle of the Identity of Indiscernibles in Quantum Mechanics, a novel kind of physical discernibility has recently been proposed, which we call witness-discernibility. We inquire into how witness-discernibility relates to known kinds of discernibility. Our conclusion will be that for a wide variety of cases, including the intended quantum-mechanical ones, witness- discernibility collapses extensionally to absolute discernibility, that is, to discern- ibility by properties.
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| Additional Information: | Accepted for publication in Erkenntnis | |||||||||
| Keywords: | Elementary particles, Quantum mechanics, Discernibility, Leibniz’s principle, Identity | |||||||||
| Subjects: | Specific Sciences > Physics > Quantum Mechanics | |||||||||
| Depositing User: | F.A. Muller | |||||||||
| Date Deposited: | 02 Nov 2012 21:35 | |||||||||
| Last Modified: | 02 Nov 2012 21:35 | |||||||||
| Item ID: | 9379 | |||||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Erkenntnis | |||||||||
| Official URL: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10670-... | |||||||||
| DOI or Unique Handle: | 10.1007/s10670-012-9385-4 | |||||||||
| Subjects: | Specific Sciences > Physics > Quantum Mechanics | |||||||||
| Date: | June 2012 | |||||||||
| URI: | https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/9379 |
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