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Quantum indeterminacy and the double-slit experiment

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In Calosi and Wilson (2018), we argue that on many interpretations of quantum mechanics (QM), there is quantum mechanical indeterminacy (QMI), and that a determinable-based account of metaphysical indeterminacy (MI),… Click to show full abstract

In Calosi and Wilson (2018), we argue that on many interpretations of quantum mechanics (QM), there is quantum mechanical indeterminacy (QMI), and that a determinable-based account of metaphysical indeterminacy (MI), as per Wilson (2013) and (2016), properly accommodates the full range of cases of QMI. Here we argue that this approach is superior to other treatments of QMI on offer, both realistic and deflationary, in providing the basis for an intelligible explanation of the interference patterns in the double-slit experiment. We start with a brief overview of the motivations for QMI and for a determinable-based account of MI (Sect. 2). We then apply a developed ‘glutty’ implementation of determinable-based QMI to the superposition-based QMI present in the double-slit experiment, and positively

Keywords: slit experiment; double slit; quantum indeterminacy; determinable based

Journal Title: Philosophical Studies
Year Published: 2021

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