Quantum Holism

Dados Bibliográficos

ID4079010
AutoresElizabeth Miller (0000-0002-7266-7766, Yale University, autor correspondente)
Ano2016
Volume11
Fascículo9
Páginas507-514
Data de publicação2016-09-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoPhilosophy Compass (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1747-9991 • E-ISSN: 1747-9991
EditoraWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/phc3.12339
OpenAlexW2549552028
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas3
Referências citadas20

Quantum mechanics allegedly supports a holistic metaphysical moral: it is not the case that the intrinsic characters of all entangled wholes supervene on intrinsic properties and spatiotemporal arrangements of proper parts. According to one influential line of reasoning, such holistic supervenience failure follows more or less directly from quantum theory itself. One advertised consequence is the defeat of a natural, broadly reductive worldview commonly linked to Lewis's philosophical doctrine of Humean supervenience. However, the situation is more complicated, in both this and other respects, than it may first appear. This article is an opinionated overview of some especially interesting complications

Doctrine · Epistemology · Holism · Metaphysics · Philosophy of mind · Reductionism · Supervenience · Philosophy · Philosophy and History of Science · Philosophy and Theoretical Science