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Identity questions from quantum theory

Maria Luisa Dalla Chiara , G Toraldo di Francia

pp. 39-46

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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DOI: 10.1007/978-94-017-2658-0_3

Full citation:

Dalla Chiara, M. L. , Toraldo di Francia, G. (1995)., Identity questions from quantum theory, in K. Gavroglu, J. Stachel & M. W. Wartofsky (eds.), Physics, philosophy, and the scientific community, Dordrecht, Springer, pp. 39-46.

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