Quantum modal indeterminacy

Calosi, Claudio

doi:10.1016/j.shpsa.2022.08.012

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“…Calosi and Mariani (2020)), modal interpretations (cf. Calosi (2022)) and decoherence-based many-worlds interpretation (Calosi and Wilson (2022)).…”

Section: Accepted For Publication In the European Journal For Philoso...mentioning

confidence: 99%

Unexpected quantum indeterminacy

Oldofredi

2024

Euro Jnl Phil Sci

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Recent philosophical discussions about metaphysical indeterminacy have been substantiated with the idea that quantum mechanics, one of the most successful physical theories in the history of science, provides explicit instances of worldly indefiniteness. Against this background, several philosophers underline that there are alternative formulations of quantum theory in which such indeterminacy has no room and plays no role. A typical example is Bohmian mechanics in virtue of its clear particle ontology. Contrary to these latter claims, this paper aims at showing that different pilot-wave theories do in fact instantiate diverse forms of metaphysical indeterminacy. Namely, I argue that there are various questions about worldly states of affairs that cannot be determined by looking exclusively at their ontologies and dynamical laws. Moreover, it will be claimed that Bohmian mechanics generates a new form of modal indeterminacy. Finally, it will be concluded that ontological clarity and indeterminacy are not mutually exclusive, i.e., the two can coexist in the same theory.

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“…Calosi and Mariani (2020)), modal interpretations (cf. Calosi (2022)) and decoherence-based many-worlds interpretation (Calosi and Wilson (2022)).…”

Section: Accepted For Publication In the European Journal For Philoso...mentioning

confidence: 99%

Unexpected quantum indeterminacy

Oldofredi

2024

Euro Jnl Phil Sci

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Quantum Ontology: A Modal Bundle-Theorist Relational Proposal

Pasqualini

2024

Found Sci

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Indeterminacy in the World

Torza

2023

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The way we represent the world in thought and language is shot through with indeterminacy: we speak of red apples and yellow apples without thereby committing to any sharp cutoff between the application of the predicate 'red' and of the predicate 'yellow'. But can reality itself be indeterminate? In other words, can indeterminacy originate in the mind-independent world, and not only in our representations? If so, can the phenomenon also arise at the microscopic scale of fundamental physics? Section 1 of this Element provides a brief overview of the question of indeterminacy. Section 2 discusses the thesis that the world is comprised of indeterminate objects, whereas Section 3 focuses on the thesis that there are indeterminate states of affairs. Finally, Section 4 is devoted to the case study of indeterminacy in quantum physics.

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Quantum modal indeterminacy

Cited by 3 publications

References 29 publications

Unexpected quantum indeterminacy

Unexpected quantum indeterminacy

Quantum Ontology: A Modal Bundle-Theorist Relational Proposal

Indeterminacy in the World

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