Indeterminacy in the World - Brossura

Torza, Alessandro

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1009056018 ISBN 13: 9781009056014

Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press, 2023

Riassunto

The way we represent the world in thought and language is shot through with indeterminacy: we speak of red apples and yellow apples without thereby committing to any sharp cutoff between the application of the predicate 'red' and of the predicate 'yellow'. But can reality itself be indeterminate? In other words, can indeterminacy originate in the mind-independent world, and not only in our representations? If so, can the phenomenon also arise at the microscopic scale of fundamental physics? Section 1 of this Element provides a brief overview of the question of indeterminacy. Section 2 discusses the thesis that the world is comprised of indeterminate objects, whereas Section 3 focuses on the thesis that there are indeterminate states of affairs. Finally, Section 4 is devoted to the case study of indeterminacy in quantum physics.

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: Cambridge University Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2023
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1009056018
• ISBN 13: 9781009056014
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 94
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
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