Modelling deep indeterminacy

Journal article

Abstract:: This paper constructs a model of metaphysical indeterminacy that can accommodate a kind of ‘deep’ worldly indeterminacy that arguably arises in quantum mechanics via the Kochen–Specker theorem, and that is incompatible with prominent theories of metaphysical indeterminacy such as that in Barnes and Williams (Oxf Stud Metaphys 6:103–148, 2011). We construct a variant of Barnes and Williams’s theory that avoids this problem. Our version builds on situation semantics and uses incomplete, local situations rather than possible worlds to build a model. We evaluate the resulting theory and contrast it with similar alternatives, concluding that our model successfully captures deep indeterminacy.

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Language:: English
Keywords:: FFR

deep indeterminacy

metaphysical indeterminacy

Kochen–Specker

situation semantics

indeterminacy
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Deposit date:: 2019-02-22

Copyright holder:: Darby and Pickup
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