Quantum Mechanics: Ontology Without Individuals

Foundations of Physics 44 (12):1246-1257 (2014)
  Copy   BIBTEX

Abstract

The purpose of the present paper is to consider the traditional interpretive problems of quantum mechanics from the viewpoint of a modal ontology of properties. In particular, we will try to delineate a quantum ontology that (i) is modal, because describes the structure of the realm of possibility, and (ii) lacks the ontological category of individual. The final goal is to supply an adequate account of quantum non-individuality on the basis of this ontology.

Other Versions

No versions found

Links

PhilArchive



    Upload a copy of this work     Papers currently archived: 100,676

External links

Setup an account with your affiliations in order to access resources via your University's proxy server

Through your library

Similar books and articles

Erratum.[author unknown] - 1998 - Foundations of Physics 28 (6):1027-1027.
Erratum.[author unknown] - 1998 - Foundations of Physics 28 (6):1023-1025.
Announcement.[author unknown] - 2000 - Foundations of Physics 30 (1):177-178.
Announcement.[author unknown] - 1999 - Foundations of Physics 29 (6):1021-1022.
Announcements.[author unknown] - 1999 - Foundations of Physics 29 (2):319-321.
Announcement.[author unknown] - 1998 - Foundations of Physics 28 (12):1827-1828.
Preface.[author unknown] - 2001 - Foundations of Physics 31 (6):873-874.
Announcement.[author unknown] - 2000 - Foundations of Physics 30 (2):345-346.
Corrigenda.[author unknown] - 2002 - Foundations of Physics 32 (11):1803-1803.

Analytics

Added to PP
2014-03-25

Downloads
83 (#251,317)

6 months
8 (#569,389)

Historical graph of downloads
How can I increase my downloads?

Author's Profile

References found in this work

What numbers could not be.Paul Benacerraf - 1965 - Philosophical Review 74 (1):47-73.
What is structural realism?James Ladyman - 1998 - Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part A 29 (3):409-424.
Identity in physics: a historical, philosophical, and formal analysis.Steven French & Décio Krause - 2006 - New York: Oxford University Press. Edited by Decio Krause.
The Problem of Hidden Variables in Quantum Mechanics.Simon Kochen & E. P. Specker - 1967 - Journal of Mathematics and Mechanics 17:59--87.

View all 37 references / Add more references