The elimination of metaphysics through the epistemological analysis: lessons (un)learned from metaphysical underdetermination
Abstract
This chapter argues that the general philosophy of science should learn metaphilosophical lessons from the case of metaphysical underdetermination, as it occurs in non-relativistic quantum mechanics. Section 2 presents the traditional discussion of metaphysical underdetermination regarding the individuality and non-individuality of quantum particles. Section 3 discusses three reactions to it found in the literature: eliminativism about individuality; conservatism about individuality; eliminativism about objects. Section 4 wraps it all up with metametaphysical considerations regarding the epistemology of metaphysics of science.
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@article{arxiv.2308.16211,
title = {The elimination of metaphysics through the epistemological analysis: lessons (un)learned from metaphysical underdetermination},
author = {Raoni Arroyo and Jonas R. B. Arenhart and Décio Krause},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2308.16211},
year = {2025}
}
Comments
Forthcoming in: Probing the Meaning of Quantum Mechanics. Aerts, D. & Arenhart, J. R. B. & de Ronde, C. & Sergioli, G. (eds.) World Scientific, 2023