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Identity Questions from Quantum Theory

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To what extent does quantum mechanics give rise to violations of Leibniz’ theory of identity? This is a highly controversial problem. With different arguments, the question has been positively answered by Margenau, van Fraassen, Mittelstaedt, da Costa, Krause and other scholars. A negative answer, instead, has been defended by Aerts, Piron, Costantini, Garibaldi.

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Chiara, M.L.D., di Francia, G.T. (1995). Identity Questions from Quantum Theory. In: Gavroglu, K., Stachel, J., Wartofsky, M.W. (eds) Physics, Philosophy, and the Scientific Community. Boston Studies in the Philosophy of Science, vol 163. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-2658-0_3

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