Miller, Michael and Fraser, Patrick (2024) From classical to quantum indeterminacy, and back. In: UNSPECIFIED.

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Del Santo and Gisin have recently argued that classical mechanics exhibits a form of indeterminacy and that by treating the observables of classical mechanics with real number precision we introduce hidden variables that restore determinacy. In this article we introduce the conceptual machinery required to critically evaluate these claims. We present a characterization of indeterminacy which can capture both quantum indeterminacy and the classical indeterminacy of Del Santo and Gisin. This allows us to show that there is an important difference in kind between the two: their classical indeterminacy can be resolved with hidden variables in a manner which is not possible for quantum indeterminacy.

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Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (UNSPECIFIED)
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID Miller, Michael michael.earl.miller@gmail.com Fraser, Patrick p.fraser@utoronto.ca
Subjects:	General Issues > Scientific Metaphysics Specific Sciences > Physics > Classical Physics General Issues > Determinism/Indeterminism Specific Sciences > Physics Specific Sciences > Physics > Quantum Mechanics
Depositing User:	Mr. Michael E. Miller
Date Deposited:	14 Nov 2024 13:33
Last Modified:	14 Nov 2024 13:33
Item ID:	24214
Subjects:	General Issues > Scientific Metaphysics Specific Sciences > Physics > Classical Physics General Issues > Determinism/Indeterminism Specific Sciences > Physics Specific Sciences > Physics > Quantum Mechanics
Date:	13 November 2024
URI:	https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/24214

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