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Article: Spin as a Determinable
Title | Spin as a Determinable |
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Authors | |
Keywords | Determinables and determinates Metaphysical indeterminacy Properties Quantum mechanics Spin |
Issue Date | 2015 |
Publisher | Springer. The Journal's web site is located at http://springerlink.metapress.com/openurl.asp?genre=journal&issn=0167-7411 |
Citation | TOPOI, 2015, v. 34, p. 379-386 How to Cite? |
Abstract | In this paper I aim to answer two questions: (1) Can spin be treated as a determinable? (2) Can a treatment of spin as a determinable be used to understand quantum indeterminacy? In response to the first question I show that the relations among spin number, spin components and spin values cannot be captured by a single determination relation; instead we need to look at spin number and spin value separately. In response to the second question I discuss three ways in which the determinables model might be modified to account for indeterminacy, and argue that none of them is fully successful in helping us to understand quantum indeterminacy. |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/212347 |
ISSN | 2023 Impact Factor: 1.3 2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 0.646 |
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DC Field | Value | Language |
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dc.contributor.author | Wolff, JE | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2015-07-21T02:33:11Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2015-07-21T02:33:11Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2015 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | TOPOI, 2015, v. 34, p. 379-386 | - |
dc.identifier.issn | 0167-7411 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/212347 | - |
dc.description.abstract | In this paper I aim to answer two questions: (1) Can spin be treated as a determinable? (2) Can a treatment of spin as a determinable be used to understand quantum indeterminacy? In response to the first question I show that the relations among spin number, spin components and spin values cannot be captured by a single determination relation; instead we need to look at spin number and spin value separately. In response to the second question I discuss three ways in which the determinables model might be modified to account for indeterminacy, and argue that none of them is fully successful in helping us to understand quantum indeterminacy. | - |
dc.language | eng | - |
dc.publisher | Springer. The Journal's web site is located at http://springerlink.metapress.com/openurl.asp?genre=journal&issn=0167-7411 | - |
dc.relation.ispartof | TOPOI | - |
dc.rights | The final publication is available at Springer via http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11245-015-9319-2 | - |
dc.subject | Determinables and determinates | - |
dc.subject | Metaphysical indeterminacy | - |
dc.subject | Properties | - |
dc.subject | Quantum mechanics | - |
dc.subject | Spin | - |
dc.title | Spin as a Determinable | - |
dc.type | Article | - |
dc.identifier.email | Wolff, JE: jwolff@hku.hk | - |
dc.identifier.authority | Wolff, JE=rp01643 | - |
dc.description.nature | postprint | - |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1007/s11245-015-9319-2 | - |
dc.identifier.scopus | eid_2-s2.0-84941937231 | - |
dc.identifier.hkuros | 245703 | - |
dc.identifier.volume | 34 | - |
dc.identifier.spage | 379 | - |
dc.identifier.epage | 386 | - |
dc.identifier.eissn | 1572-8749 | - |
dc.identifier.isi | WOS:000361458600008 | - |
dc.publisher.place | Dordrecht | - |
dc.identifier.issnl | 0167-7411 | - |