Wavefunction Mereology
Datos Bibliográficos
| ID | 8398265 |
|---|---|
| Autores | Isabelle Wilhelm (0000-0001-6796-403X, autor de correspondencia), Isaac Wilhelm |
| Año | 2025 |
| Fecha de publicación | 2025-02-25 |
| Open Access | No |
| Tipo | ARTICLE |
| Revista | The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science (JOURNAL) |
| Identificadores de la revista | ISSN: 0007-0882 • E-ISSN: 1464-3537 |
| Editorial | University of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1086/735531 |
| OpenAlex | W4407909798 |
| Idioma | EN |
| Referencias citadas | 31 |
I propose and defend an analysis of the parthood relation among quantum wavefunctions. Roughly put, according to the analysis, one wavefunction is part of another just in case the latter can be projected onto the former. This analysis brings mereology into closer contact with contemporary physics, implies many standard mereological principles, challenges some traditional mereological presuppositions, and supports compelling answers to long-standing questions about parthood
Epistemology · Mereology · Physics · Theoretical physics · Mathematics · Philosophy · Quantum Mechanics and Applications
The Emergent Multiverse
Pluralities, counterparts, and groups
The Stage Theory of Groups
Everett and structure
Physical composition
Bohmian Mechanics and Quantum Theory
Measurement outcomes and probability in Everettian quantum mechanics
Mereology and the Sciences
What is a wavefunction
Lessons from realistic physics for the metaphysics of quantum theory
Monism
Quantum Mechanics and Experience
"Could Extended Objects Be Made Out of Simple Parts? An Argument for "Atomless Gunk
On the Common Structure of Bohmian Mechanics and the Ghirardi–Rimini–Weber Theory
The Extensionality of Parthood and Composition
Centering the Everett Interpretation
Strange Parts
Realism about the wave function
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