The Principle of the Identity of Indiscernibles and Quantum Mechanics

It is argued that recent discussion of the principle of the identity of indiscernibles (PII) and quantum mechanics has lost sight of the broader philosophical motivation and significance of PII and that the `received view' of the status of PII in the light of quantum mechanics survives recent c...

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Conceptualization
Criticism
Fermions
Indiscernibility
Indiscernibles
Intrinsic properties
Motivation
Ontology
Pauli exclusion principle
Philosophy of science
Predicates
Quantum entanglement
Quantum mechanics
Quantum physics
Science
Singlet state
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