Wilhelm, Isaac (2025) Wavefunction Mereology.
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I propose and defend an analysis of the parthood relation among quantum wavefunctions. Roughly put, according to the analysis, one wavefunction is part of another just in case the latter can be projected onto the former. This analysis brings mereology into closer contact with contemporary physics, implies many standard mereological principles, challenges some traditional mereological presuppositions, and supports compelling answers to long-standing questions about parthood.
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| Keywords: | mereology, quantum mechanics, philosophy of physics, metaphysics, | ||||||
| Subjects: | Specific Sciences > Physics Specific Sciences > Physics > Quantum Mechanics |
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| Depositing User: | Isaac Wilhelm | ||||||
| Date Deposited: | 13 Dec 2025 13:25 | ||||||
| Last Modified: | 13 Dec 2025 13:25 | ||||||
| Item ID: | 27458 | ||||||
| Subjects: | Specific Sciences > Physics Specific Sciences > Physics > Quantum Mechanics |
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| Date: | 2025 | ||||||
| URI: | https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/27458 |
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