Modelling deep indeterminacy
This paper constructs a model of metaphysical indeterminacy that can accommodate a kind of ‘deep’ worldly indeterminacy that arguably arises in quantum mechanics via the Kochen–Specker theorem, and that is incompatible with prominent theories of metaphysical indeterminacy such as that in Barnes and...
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| description | This paper constructs a model of metaphysical indeterminacy that can accommodate a kind of ‘deep’ worldly indeterminacy that arguably arises in quantum mechanics via the Kochen–Specker theorem, and that is incompatible with prominent theories of metaphysical indeterminacy such as that in Barnes and Williams (Oxf Stud Metaphys 6:103–148, 2011). We construct a variant of Barnes and Williams’s theory that avoids this problem. Our version builds on situation semantics and uses incomplete, local situations rather than possible worlds to build a model. We evaluate the resulting theory and contrast it with similar alternatives, concluding that our model successfully captures deep indeterminacy. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:59470427-80b8-4f7d-a04a-cc1eab9b67fc2022-03-26T17:08:59ZModelling deep indeterminacyJournal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:59470427-80b8-4f7d-a04a-cc1eab9b67fcEnglishSymplectic Elements at OxfordSpringer Netherlands2019Darby, GPickup, MThis paper constructs a model of metaphysical indeterminacy that can accommodate a kind of ‘deep’ worldly indeterminacy that arguably arises in quantum mechanics via the Kochen–Specker theorem, and that is incompatible with prominent theories of metaphysical indeterminacy such as that in Barnes and Williams (Oxf Stud Metaphys 6:103–148, 2011). We construct a variant of Barnes and Williams’s theory that avoids this problem. Our version builds on situation semantics and uses incomplete, local situations rather than possible worlds to build a model. We evaluate the resulting theory and contrast it with similar alternatives, concluding that our model successfully captures deep indeterminacy. |
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| title | Modelling deep indeterminacy |
| title_full | Modelling deep indeterminacy |
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| title_full_unstemmed | Modelling deep indeterminacy |
| title_short | Modelling deep indeterminacy |
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