Krause, Decio (2007) Entity, but no Identity. [Preprint]

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Inspired in Quine's well known slogans “To be is to be the value of a variable” and "No entity without identity", we provide a way of enabling that non-individual entities (as characterized in the text) can also be values of variables of an adequate "regimented" language, once we consider a possible meaning of the background theory Quine reports to ground his view. In doing that, we show that there may exist also entities without identity, and emphasize the importance of paying attention to the metalanguage of scientific theories, for they may be also fundamental in determining the theory's ontological commitment.

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Item Type:	Preprint
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID Krause, Decio
Keywords:	ontological commitment, quantum objects, quantum ontology, non-individuals, quasi-set theory.
Subjects:	General Issues > Structure of Theories General Issues > Models and Idealization Specific Sciences > Physics > Quantum Mechanics
Depositing User:	Décio Krause
Date Deposited:	08 Apr 2007
Last Modified:	07 Oct 2010 15:15
Item ID:	3283
Subjects:	General Issues > Structure of Theories General Issues > Models and Idealization Specific Sciences > Physics > Quantum Mechanics
Date:	April 2007
URI:	https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/3283

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