Abstract
It is widely acknowledged that the link between quantum language and ordinary language must be "fuzzier" than the traditional eigenstate-eigenvalue link. In the context of spontaneous-collapse theories, Albert and Loewer (1996) argue that the form of this fuzzy link is a matter of convention, and can be freely chosen to minimize anomalies for those theories. I defend the position that the form of the link is empirical, and could be such as to render collapse theories idle. This means that defenders of spontaneous-collapse theories must gamble that the actual form of the link renders such theories tenable.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1437-1446 |
| Number of pages | 10 |
| Journal | Philosophy of Science |
| Volume | 70 |
| Issue number | 5 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Dec 1 2003 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- History
- Philosophy
- History and Philosophy of Science
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Lewis, P. J. (2003). Quantum Mechanics and Ordinary Language: The Fuzzy Link. Philosophy of Science, 70(5), 1437-1446. https://doi.org/10.1086/377420