Fletcher, Samuel C. and Taylor, David E. (2021) Two Quantum Logics of Indeterminacy. Synthese. ISSN 1573-0964
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Abstract
We implement a recent characterization of metaphysical indeterminacy in the context of orthodox quantum theory, developing the syntax and semantics of two propositional logics equipped with determinacy and indeterminacy operators. These logics, which extend a novel semantics for standard quantum logic that accounts for Hilbert spaces with superselection sectors, preserve different desirable features of quantum logic and logics of indeterminacy. In addition to comparing the relative advantages of the two, we also explain how each logic answers Williamson’s challenge to any substantive account of (in)determinacy: For any proposition p, what could the difference between “p” and “it’s determinate that p” ever amount to?
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| Keywords: | Indeterminacy, Eigenstate–eigenvalue link, Quantum logic, Superselection, Quantum mechanics | |||||||||
| Subjects: | General Issues > Determinism/Indeterminism Specific Sciences > Physics > Quantum Mechanics |
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| Depositing User: | Prof. Samuel C. Fletcher | |||||||||
| Date Deposited: | 16 Sep 2021 18:43 | |||||||||
| Last Modified: | 16 Sep 2021 18:43 | |||||||||
| Item ID: | 19574 | |||||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Synthese | |||||||||
| Publisher: | Springer (Springer Science+Business Media B.V.) | |||||||||
| DOI or Unique Handle: | 10.1007/s11229-021-03375-2 | |||||||||
| Subjects: | General Issues > Determinism/Indeterminism Specific Sciences > Physics > Quantum Mechanics |
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| Date: | 14 September 2021 | |||||||||
| ISSN: | 1573-0964 | |||||||||
| URI: | https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/19574 |
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