Does weak discernibility determine metaphysics?
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| author | JONAS R. BECKER ARENHART |
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| contents | Does weak discernibility determine metaphysics? JONAS R. BECKER ARENHART Filosofía weak discernibility ontic structural realism naturalistic metaphysics metaphysical underdetermination Two entities are weakly discernible when there is an irreflexive and symmetric relation holding between them. That weak discernibility holds in quantum mechanics is fairly uncontroversial nowadays. The ontologi - cal consequences of weak discernibility, however, are far from clear. R ecently, part of the literature seems to im - ply that weak discernibility points to a definite metaphysics to quantum mechanics. I n this paper we shall dis - cuss the metaphysical contribution of weak discernibility to the metaphysics of quantum mechanics and argue that, contrary to part of current literature, it does not provide for a fully naturalistic determination of the theo - ry’s metaphysics. Underdetermination still obtains. 2017 artículo científico 0495-4548 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=339749903007 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=3397 THEORIA. Revista de Teoría, Historia y Fundamentos de la Ciencia application/pdf Universidad del País Vasco/Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea THEORIA. Revista de Teoría, Historia y Fundamentos de la Ciencia (España) Num.1 Vol.32 |
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| spellingShingle | Does weak discernibility determine metaphysics? JONAS R. BECKER ARENHART Filosofía weak discernibility ontic structural realism naturalistic metaphysics metaphysical underdetermination Does weak discernibility determine metaphysics? JONAS R. BECKER ARENHART Filosofía weak discernibility ontic structural realism naturalistic metaphysics metaphysical underdetermination Two entities are weakly discernible when there is an irreflexive and symmetric relation holding between them. That weak discernibility holds in quantum mechanics is fairly uncontroversial nowadays. The ontologi - cal consequences of weak discernibility, however, are far from clear. R ecently, part of the literature seems to im - ply that weak discernibility points to a definite metaphysics to quantum mechanics. I n this paper we shall dis - cuss the metaphysical contribution of weak discernibility to the metaphysics of quantum mechanics and argue that, contrary to part of current literature, it does not provide for a fully naturalistic determination of the theo - ry’s metaphysics. Underdetermination still obtains. 2017 artículo científico 0495-4548 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=339749903007 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=3397 THEORIA. Revista de Teoría, Historia y Fundamentos de la Ciencia application/pdf Universidad del País Vasco/Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea THEORIA. Revista de Teoría, Historia y Fundamentos de la Ciencia (España) Num.1 Vol.32 |
| title | Does weak discernibility determine metaphysics? |
| topic | Filosofía weak discernibility ontic structural realism naturalistic metaphysics metaphysical underdetermination |
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