Identity, Indiscernibility, and Philosophical
Claims

Krause, Décio and Coelho, Antonio M. N. (2004) Identity, Indiscernibility, and Philosophical
Claims.

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Abstract

The concept of indiscernibility in a structure is analysed with the aim of
emphasizing that in asserting that two objects are indiscernible, it is useful to
consider these objects as members of (the domain of) a structure. A case for this
usefulness is presented by examining the consequences of this view to the
philosophical discussion on identity and indiscernibility in quantum theory.

Keywords:identity, indiscernibility, invariance,
quantum objects, structures
Subjects:General Issues: Structure of Theories
Specific Sciences: Physics: Quantum Mechanics
ID Code:1594
Deposited By:Krause, Décio
Deposited On:28 January 2004
Additional Information:Forthcoming in Axiomathes.