Glick, David (2021) Quantum Mechanics Without Indeterminacy. [Preprint]
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Abstract
Metaphysical indeterminacy in the context of quantum mechanics is often motivated by the eigenstate-eigenvalue link. However, the sparse view of Glick (2017) illustrates why it has no such implications. Other links connecting quantum states and property ascriptions—such as those associated with the GRW theory—may introduce indeterminacy, but such indeterminacy may be viewed as merely representational and is susceptible to familiar treatments of vagueness. Thus, I contend that such links fail to provide a compelling motivation for quantum metaphysical indeterminacy.
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| Additional Information: | To appear in V. Allori (ed.) Quantum Mechanics and Fundamentality: Naturalizing Quantum Theory between Scientific Realism and Ontological Indeterminacy, Springer Nature. | ||||||
| Keywords: | quantum indeterminacy, metaphysical indeterminacy, eigenstate-eigenvalue link, GRW | ||||||
| Subjects: | General Issues > Scientific Metaphysics Specific Sciences > Physics > Quantum Mechanics |
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| Depositing User: | David Glick | ||||||
| Date Deposited: | 22 Oct 2021 04:25 | ||||||
| Last Modified: | 22 Oct 2021 04:25 | ||||||
| Item ID: | 19719 | ||||||
| Subjects: | General Issues > Scientific Metaphysics Specific Sciences > Physics > Quantum Mechanics |
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| Date: | 2021 | ||||||
| URI: | https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/19719 |
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