Intrinsicality and Entanglement
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چکیده
Abstract I explore the relationship between a prominent analysis of intrinsic properties, due to Langton and Lewis, phenomenon quantum entanglement. As argue, faces puzzle. The full classifies certain properties entangled particles as intrinsic. But when combined with an extremely plausible assumption about duplication, main part those non-intrinsic instead. conclude that much Lewis’s metaphysics is in trouble: Lewis based many his metaphysical views—his thesis Humean supervenience, for instance, account recombination—on intrinsicality which does not sit well phenomena.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Mind
سال: 2021
ISSN: ['0026-4423', '1460-2113']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/mind/fzaa091