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Identity, Indiscernibility, and Philosophical Claims

2005; Springer Nature; Volume: 15; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1007/s10516-004-6678-5

1572-8390

Décio Krause, Antonio Mariano Nogueira Coelho,

Philosophy and History of Science

The concept of indiscernibility in a structure is analysed with the aim of emphasizing that in asserting that two objects are indiscernible, it is useful to consider these objects as members of (the domain of) a structure. A case for this usefulness is presented by examining the consequences of this view to the philosophical discussion on identity and indiscernibility in quantum theory.