How many properties of spin does a particle have

被引:4
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作者
Corti, Alberto [1 ,2 ]
Sanchioni, Marco [2 ]
机构
[1] Univ Geneva, Dept Philosophy, 5 Rue Candolle, CH-1211 Geneva 4, Switzerland
[2] Univ Urbino, Dept Pure & Appl Sci, Via Timoteo Viti 10, I-61029 Urbino, Italy
关键词
Quantum mechanics; Naturalised metaphysics; Spin; Determinable-determinate properties; Superposition;
D O I
10.1016/j.shpsa.2021.09.004
中图分类号
N09 [自然科学史]; B [哲学、宗教];
学科分类号
01 ; 0101 ; 010108 ; 060207 ; 060305 ; 0712 ;
摘要
A common assumption in non-relativistic quantum mechanics is that self-adjoint operators mathematically represent properties of quantum systems. Focusing on spin, we argue that a natural view considers observables as determinable properties and their eigenvalues as their corresponding determinates. We provide a taxonomy of the different views that one can hold, once it is accepted that spin can be modelled with the determinable-determinate relation. In particular, we present the two main families of views, dubbed Spin Monism and Pluralism, and we show that the current literature does not take a stance between the two. Then we put forward two arguments in favour of the former. Finally, we present a new account of Spin Monism, that is absent in current literature; such a view is worth discussing, or so we contend, because several compelling considerations support it, and it opens new ways of thinking about the ontology of quantum mechanics.
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页码:111 / 121
页数:11
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