A Brazilian Southern School in the Philosophy of Physics: Identity, Indistinguishability, and Individuality in Quantum Theories

• Authors: Krause Décio
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

This paper presents the works developed by a group of researchers mainly in the South of Brazil on the philosophy of physics, dealing mostly with the logic and metaphysics of the notions of identity, indistinguishability, and individuality of quantum entities.

Keywords

EN

South of Brazil; philosophy of physics; identity and individuality of quantum entities; non-individuality; quantum metaphysics; quasi-set theory

• Publisher: Uniwersytet Warszawski. Wydział Filozofii
• Journal: Edukacja Filozoficzna
• Year: 2022
• Issue: 74
• Pages: 101-124

Contributors

author

Krause Décio

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