Fletcher, Samuel C. and Taylor, David E. (2021) Quantum indeterminacy and the eigenstate-eigenvalue link. Synthese. ISSN 1573-0964
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Abstract
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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Keywords: | Indeterminacy Eigenstate-eigenvalue link Quantum logic Superselection | |||||||||
Subjects: | General Issues > Scientific Metaphysics Specific Sciences > Physics > Quantum Mechanics |
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Depositing User: | Prof. Samuel C. Fletcher | |||||||||
Date Deposited: | 12 Aug 2021 03:12 | |||||||||
Last Modified: | 12 Aug 2021 03:12 | |||||||||
Item ID: | 19429 | |||||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Synthese | |||||||||
Publisher: | Springer (Springer Science+Business Media B.V.) | |||||||||
DOI or Unique Handle: | 10.1007/s11229-021-03285-3 | |||||||||
Subjects: | General Issues > Scientific Metaphysics Specific Sciences > Physics > Quantum Mechanics |
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Date: | 7 August 2021 | |||||||||
ISSN: | 1573-0964 | |||||||||
URI: | https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/19429 |
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