Romano, Davide (2025) Multi-field as a Determinable. [Preprint]
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The paper advances the hypothesis that the multi-field is a determinable, that is, a physical object characterized by indeterminate values with respect to some properties. The multi-field is a realist interpretation of the wave function in quantum mechanics, specifically it interprets the wave function as a new physical entity in three-dimensional space: a “multi-field” (Hubert & Romano 2018; Romano 2021). The multi-field is similar to a field as it assigns determinate values to N-tuples of points, but is also different from a field as it does not assign pre-existing values at each point of three-dimensional space. In particular, the multi-field values corresponding to the empty points (points where no particles are located) have indeterminate values until a particle is located at those points. The paper suggests that the multi-field so defined can be precisely characterized in terms of determinable-based, object-level, account of metaphysical indeterminacy. Under this view, the multi-field as novel physical entity is, in fact, a metaphysically indeterminate quantum object, that is, a determinable.
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| Keywords: | quantum mechanics, multi-field, metaphysics | ||||||
| Subjects: | General Issues > Scientific Metaphysics Specific Sciences > Physics Specific Sciences > Physics > Quantum Mechanics |
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| Depositing User: | Dr. Davide Romano | ||||||
| Date Deposited: | 07 Aug 2025 15:28 | ||||||
| Last Modified: | 07 Aug 2025 15:28 | ||||||
| Item ID: | 26145 | ||||||
| Subjects: | General Issues > Scientific Metaphysics Specific Sciences > Physics Specific Sciences > Physics > Quantum Mechanics |
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| Date: | 7 August 2025 | ||||||
| URI: | https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/26145 |
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