Labels for non-individuals
Abstract
Quasi-set theory is a first order theory without identity, which allows us to cope with non-individuals in a sense. A weaker equivalence relation called ``indistinguishability'' is an extension of identity in the sense that if is identical to then and are indistinguishable, although the reciprocal is not always valid. The interesting point is that quasi-set theory provides us a useful mathematical background for dealing with collections of indistinguishable elementary quantum particles. In the present paper, however, we show that even in quasi-set theory it is possible to label objects that are considered as non-individuals. We intend to prove that individuality has nothing to do with any labelling process at all, as suggested by some authors. We discuss the physical interpretation of our results.
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@article{arxiv.quant-ph/0408168,
title = {Labels for non-individuals},
author = {Adonai S. Sant'Anna},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:quant-ph/0408168},
year = {2015}
}
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