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1 online resource (xii, 330 pages) |
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Synthese library ; volume 476 |
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Synthese library ; v. 476.
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| Contents |
Intro -- Preface -- Contents -- Contributors -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 This Book -- 1.2 Its Structure -- 1.2.1 Part I -- 1.2.2 Part II -- 1.2.3 Part III -- The Selected Work of Décio Krause -- Part I Metaphysics and Ontology of Individuality -- 2 Quantum Individuality -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Schrödinger's Analogy and the Quantum Mechanical Formalism of Identical Particles -- 2.3 The Received View -- 2.4 An Alternative View -- 2.5 Particles and Their Identity -- 2.6 Décio Krause on Particle Identity -- 2.7 Conclusion -- References -- 3 Quasi-structural Realism -- 3.1 Introduction |
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3.2 Eliminativist OSR -- 3.3 Moderate OSR -- 3.4 Quasi-set Theoretic Structure -- 3.5 OSR and Contextual Identity -- 3.6 Conclusion -- References -- 4 Not Individuals, Nor Even Objects: On the Ontological Nature of Quantum Systems -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Some Metaphysical Preliminaries -- 4.2.1 Ontological Categories -- 4.2.2 Objects: Individuals Versus Stuff -- 4.2.3 Objects: Metaphysical Identity -- 4.2.4 Properties: Universals Versus Tropes -- 4.2.5 Properties: Determinables and Determinates -- 4.3 The Ontological Challenges of Quantum Mechanics -- 4.3.1 Contextuality |
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4.3.2 Non-locality and Non-separability -- 4.3.3 Indistinguishability -- 4.4 Systems as Non-objectual Bundles of Properties -- 4.4.1 Formalism and Ontology -- 4.4.2 The Structure of the Ontology -- 4.4.3 Non-objectual Bundles -- 4.5 Revisiting the Ontological Challenges -- 4.5.1 Contextuality -- 4.5.2 Non-locality and Non-separability -- 4.5.3 Indistinguishability -- 4.6 The Physical Nature of Non-objectual Bundles -- 4.6.1 Which Properties? -- 4.6.2 What Holds Properties Together? -- 4.7 Final Remarks -- References -- 5 The Roads to Non-individuals -- 5.1 Introduction |
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5.2 From Logic to Non-individuality -- 5.3 From Physics to Non-individuality -- 5.4 From Ontology to Non-individuality -- 5.5 From Metaphysics to Non-individuality -- 5.6 Conclusion -- References -- 6 Understanding (Defective) Theories -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 The Generalities of Scientific Understanding -- 6.2.1 Preliminaries -- 6.2.2 The Ten Elements of Understanding -- 6.3 Defects, Theories, and Understanding -- 6.3.1 Defectiveness in Science -- 6.3.2 A Case Study: Quantum Mechanics and Non-individuality -- 6.3.3 The Challenges for Understanding Defective Theories |
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6.4 Understanding Defective Theories: A Structuralist Approach -- 6.4.1 The Motivations Defectiveness-Wise -- 6.4.2 The Proposal and Its Structuralist Roots -- 6.4.3 The Epistemological and Metaphysical Value -- 6.5 Understanding Via Quasi-Set Theory -- 6.5.1 The Basics of the (Paraconsistent) Quasi-Set Theory QP -- 6.5.2 Ideology, Ontology and Quantum Mechanics -- 6.5.3 Quantum Mechanics, Measurement and the Crisp Axiom -- 6.6 Final Remarks -- References -- 7 A Phenomenology of Identity: QBism and Quantum(Non-)Particles -- 7.1 Introduction |
| Summary |
This book discusses the philosophical work of Dcio Krause. Non-individuality, as a new metaphysical category, was thought to be strongly supported by quantum mechanics. No one did more to promote this idea than the Brazilian philosopher Dcio Krause, whose works on the metaphysics and logic of non-individuality are now widely regarded as part of the consolidated literature on the subject. This volume brings together chapters elaborating on the ideas put forward and defended by Krause, developing them in many different directions, commenting on aspects not completely developed so far, and, more importantly, critically addressing their current formulations and defenses by Krause himself. Given that Krauses ideas do connect directly and indirectly with a wide array of subjects, such as the philosophy of quantum mechanics, more broadly understood, the philosophy of logic and logical philosophy, non-classical logics, metaphysics, and ontology, this volume contains important material for the research on logic and foundations of science, broadly understood. All the invited contributors have already worked with the ideas developed by Dcio (some of them still work with them), being also distinct authors and extremely relevant in their areas of expertise. The volume is aimed at philosophers, including those of physics and quantum mechanics |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed September 12, 2023) |
| Subject |
Krause, Decio.
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Metaphysics.
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Quantum theory -- Philosophy
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metaphysics.
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Metaphysics.
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Quantum theory -- Philosophy.
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| Genre/Form |
Festschriften.
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Festschriften.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Becker Arenhart, Jonas R., editor.
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Arroyo, Raoni W., editor
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Krause, Decio, honoree.
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| ISBN |
9783031318405 |
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3031318404 |
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