The roads to non-individuals (and how not to read their maps)

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العنوان: The roads to non-individuals (and how not to read their maps)
المؤلفون: Arenhart, Jonas R. B., Arroyo, Raoni W.
سنة النشر: 2023
المجموعة: Physics (Other)
Quantum Physics
مصطلحات موضوعية: Physics - History and Philosophy of Physics, Quantum Physics
الوصف: Ever since its beginnings, standard quantum mechanics has been associated with a metaphysical view according to which the theory deals with non-individual objects, i.e., objects deprived of individuality in some sense of the term. We shall examine the grounds of the claim according to which quantum mechanics is so closely connected with a metaphysics of non-individuals. In particular, we discuss the attempts to learn the required `metaphysical lessons' required by quantum mechanics coming from four distinct roads: from the formalism of the theory, treating separately the case of the physics and the underlying logic; from the ontology of the theory, understood as the furniture of the world according to the theory; and, at last, we analyze whether a metaphysics of non-individuals is indispensable from a purely metaphysical point of view. We argue that neither non-individuality nor individuality is not to be found imposed on us in any of these levels so that it should be seen as a metaphysical addition to the theory, rather than as a lesson from it.
Comment: Forthcoming in J. R. B. Arenhart, R. W. Arroyo (eds.), Non-Reflexive Logics, Non-Individuals, and the Philosophy of Quantum Mechanics: Essays in Honour of the Philosophy of D\'ecio Krause, Springer, Synthese Library 476, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-31840-5_5
نوع الوثيقة: Working Paper
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-31840-5_5
URL الوصول: http://arxiv.org/abs/2307.12997
رقم الأكسشن: edsarx.2307.12997
قاعدة البيانات: arXiv
الوصف
DOI:10.1007/978-3-031-31840-5_5