Add to ORKGCan quantum particles be regarded as individuals, just like books, tables and people? According to the 'received' view - articulated by several physicists in the immediate aftermath of the quantum revolution - quantum physics itself tells us they cannot: quantum particles, unlike their classical counterparts, must be regarded as 'non-individuals' in some sense. However, recent work has indicated that this is not the whole story and that the theory is also consistent with theposition that such particles can be taken to be individuals, albeit at a metaphysical price. Drawing on philosophical ac
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This paper offers a critical assessment of the current state of the debate about the identity and in...
International audienceIt is often held that the peculiar statistical behaviour of quantum particles ...
Recently, in the debate about the ontology of quantum mechanics some authors have defended the view...
According to classical physics the world consists of individuals, i.e., distinct objects that can be...
In this paper I consider some logical and mathematical aspects of the discussion of the identity and...
One recent debate in philosophy of physics has centered whether quantum particles are individuals or...
1st Place in the Humanities, 2011 Denman Research ForumThis essay addresses a number of thorny issue...
It is commonly claimed that quantum mechanics makes reference to a microscopic realm constituted by ...
I would like to attack a certain view: The view that the concept of identity can fail to apply to so...
I would like to attack a certain view: the view that the concept of identity can fail to apply to so...
This chapter has a twofold aim. First, to look at the debate about identity and individuality in non...
The so-called Received View (RV) on quantum non-individuality states, basically, that quantum partic...
According to the Received View identical quantum particles are a previously unknown kind of objects ...
We analyze the question whether or not quantum theory should be used to describe single particles. O...
The Received View of particles in quantum mechanics is that they are indistinguishable entities with...
This paper offers a critical assessment of the current state of the debate about the identity and in...
International audienceIt is often held that the peculiar statistical behaviour of quantum particles ...
Recently, in the debate about the ontology of quantum mechanics some authors have defended the view...