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Identity and Indiscernibility in Quantum MechanicsThe Metaphysics of Quantum Objects: Transtemporal and Transworld Identities

Identity and Indiscernibility in Quantum Mechanics: The Metaphysics of Quantum Objects:... [The final chapter takes into account two further aspects of the identity and identification of quantum particles: diachronic (across temporal instances) and counterfactual (across possible worlds). The problem of diachronic identifications is analyzed with the help of scattering processes involving same-type particles. The differences between the orthodox and heterodox approaches to individuation are highlighted. Counterfactual identifications are discussed within three philosophical conceptions of modality de re: Kripke’s approach, Lewis’s counterpart theory and Lewis’s cheap haecceitism. Finally we try to sketch a future metaphysical theory of objects that could account for the revealed facts regarding various types of identity in the quantum regime.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

Identity and Indiscernibility in Quantum MechanicsThe Metaphysics of Quantum Objects: Transtemporal and Transworld Identities

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Springer International Publishing
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© The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022
ISBN
978-3-030-74869-2
Pages
213 –247
DOI
10.1007/978-3-030-74870-8_8
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[The final chapter takes into account two further aspects of the identity and identification of quantum particles: diachronic (across temporal instances) and counterfactual (across possible worlds). The problem of diachronic identifications is analyzed with the help of scattering processes involving same-type particles. The differences between the orthodox and heterodox approaches to individuation are highlighted. Counterfactual identifications are discussed within three philosophical conceptions of modality de re: Kripke’s approach, Lewis’s counterpart theory and Lewis’s cheap haecceitism. Finally we try to sketch a future metaphysical theory of objects that could account for the revealed facts regarding various types of identity in the quantum regime.]

Published: Jan 3, 2022

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