Quantum Physics and the Identity of Indiscernibles
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8398809 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Steven French (Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP)), Michael Redhead (King's College London) |
| Year | 1988 |
| Volume | 39 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 233-246 |
| Publication date | 1988-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0007-0882 • E-ISSN: 1464-3537 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/bjps/39.2.233 |
| OpenAlex | W2061638301 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 69 |
| References cited | 12 |
This paper is concerned with the question of whether atomic particles of the same species, i. e. with the same intrinsic state-independent properties of mass, spin, electric charge, etc, violate the Leibnizian Principle of the Identity of Indiscernibles, in the sense that, while there is more than one of them, their state-dependent properties may also all be the same. The answer depends on what exactly the state-dependent properties of atomic particles are taken to be. On the plausible interpretation that these should comprise all monadic and relational properties that can be expressed in terms of physical magnitudes associated with self-adjoint operators that can be defined for the individual particles, then the weakest form of the Principle is shown to be violated for bosons, fermions and higher-order paraparticles, treated in first quantization
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| Unique citing works | 69 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,86 |
| Citation span | 1989 - 2026 (38) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 63 |