Gisin, Nicolas (2024) Elegance, Facts, and Scientific Truths. [Preprint]
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I argue that scientific determinism is not supported by facts, but results from the elegance of the mathematical language physicists use, in particular from the so-called real numbers and their infinite series of digits. Classical physics can thus be interpreted in a deterministic or indeterministic way. However, using quantum physics, some experiments prove that nature is able to continually produce new information, hence support indeterminism in physics.
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| Keywords: | determinism, indeterminism, philosophy of mathematics, classical mechanics, quantum mechanics | ||||||
| Subjects: | Specific Sciences > Mathematics > Foundations Specific Sciences > Physics > Classical Physics General Issues > Determinism/Indeterminism Specific Sciences > Physics > Quantum Mechanics |
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| Depositing User: | Prof. Nicolas Gisin | ||||||
| Date Deposited: | 30 Sep 2024 21:08 | ||||||
| Last Modified: | 30 Sep 2024 21:08 | ||||||
| Item ID: | 23974 | ||||||
| Subjects: | Specific Sciences > Mathematics > Foundations Specific Sciences > Physics > Classical Physics General Issues > Determinism/Indeterminism Specific Sciences > Physics > Quantum Mechanics |
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| Date: | 29 September 2024 | ||||||
| URI: | https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/23974 |
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