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(2015) Philosophia Scientiae 19 (1).
The mathematical notion of a permutation of indices in the state description admits different physical interpretations. Two main interpretations analyzed in this paper are: exchange of essences and exchange of haecceities. It is argued that adopting the essentialist approach leads to the conclusion, contrary to the conventional wisdom, that quantum particles of the same type are sometimes discernible by their properties. The indiscernibility thesis can be supported only by the alternative interpretation in terms of primitive thisness.
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DOI: 10.4000/philosophiascientiae.1058
Full citation:
Bigaj, T. (2015). Exchanging quantum particles. Philosophia Scientiae 19 (1), pp. 185-198.
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