It has been argued that quantum mechanics forces us to accept the existence of metaphysical, mind-independent indeterminacy. In this paper, we provide an interpretation of the indeterminacy involved in the quantum phenomena in terms of a view that we call Plural Metaphysical Supervaluationism. According to it, quantum indeterminacy is captured in terms of an irreducibly plural relation between the actual world and various misrepresentations of it.

Plural metaphysical supervaluationism / C. Mariani, R. Michels, G. Torrengo. - In: INQUIRY. - ISSN 0020-174X. - 67:6(2024), pp. 2005-2042. [10.1080/0020174x.2021.1982404]

Plural metaphysical supervaluationism

G. Torrengo
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2024

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It has been argued that quantum mechanics forces us to accept the existence of metaphysical, mind-independent indeterminacy. In this paper, we provide an interpretation of the indeterminacy involved in the quantum phenomena in terms of a view that we call Plural Metaphysical Supervaluationism. According to it, quantum indeterminacy is captured in terms of an irreducibly plural relation between the actual world and various misrepresentations of it.
Metaphysical indeterminacy; metaphysical supervaluationism; plural supervaluationism; quantum indeterminacy; quantum mechanics
Settore PHIL-02/A - Logica e filosofia della scienza
Settore PHIL-04/B - Filosofia e teoria dei linguaggi
2024
29-set-2021
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