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De l'ontologie du monde naturel : vers une approche minimaliste ?, 2023
What are the foundations of minimalist ontology (history, issues, principles and method)? What is... more What are the foundations of minimalist ontology (history, issues, principles
and method)? What is the image of nature that this approach proposes? What is
matter? What are the fundamental elements of matter? How are the objects of the
world constituted? What is the glue that holds things together? What is the value of this
ontology? These are the questions at the heart of this article. The aim of the reflection is
to identify the issues and implications of the proposal for minimalist ontology put
forward by Michael Esfeld and André-Dirk Deckert. It derives its importance from the
fact that despite the great advances recorded in the knowledge of the world, both
scientifically and philosophically, these questions continue to be debated and to
challenge thought. The breadth and diversity of literature that has developed around
these topics since the advent of quantum physics does not make things any easier. In
this context, the minimalist approach of Esfeld and Deckert is illustrated by its
originality, coherence and empirical adequacy. In a word, it is a credible proposal
against which it is nevertheless necessary to ask whether it really makes it possible to
explain in a systematic way the totality of the natural world.
Identité et individualité dans la physique quantique : quelle philosophie de la nature ?, 2022
Quantum mechanics is characterized, among other moving ideas, by the postulate of indistinguishab... more Quantum mechanics is characterized, among other moving ideas, by the postulate of indistinguishability which is a formalization of the violation of the principle of identity of the indistinguishable formulated by Leibniz: identical particles in states such as the singlet state, are considered as distinct particles but have no properties to discern them. The debate sparked by this state of affairs took on particular emphasis in the 2000s, with the program of low discernability of fundamental particles. Our objective in this article is to identify the philosophical issue of this question: the discernability of fundamental particles becomes, in fact, a central question in a metaphysics of relations, such as ontological structural realism, anxious to show how at the fundamental level, objects without intrinsic properties and non-occurring relations are constitutive of the fundamental interactions from which space-time, natural entities and all our reality emerges.
De l'ontologie du monde naturel : vers une approche minimaliste ?, 2023
What are the foundations of minimalist ontology (history, issues, principles and method)? What is... more What are the foundations of minimalist ontology (history, issues, principles
and method)? What is the image of nature that this approach proposes? What is
matter? What are the fundamental elements of matter? How are the objects of the
world constituted? What is the glue that holds things together? What is the value of this
ontology? These are the questions at the heart of this article. The aim of the reflection is
to identify the issues and implications of the proposal for minimalist ontology put
forward by Michael Esfeld and André-Dirk Deckert. It derives its importance from the
fact that despite the great advances recorded in the knowledge of the world, both
scientifically and philosophically, these questions continue to be debated and to
challenge thought. The breadth and diversity of literature that has developed around
these topics since the advent of quantum physics does not make things any easier. In
this context, the minimalist approach of Esfeld and Deckert is illustrated by its
originality, coherence and empirical adequacy. In a word, it is a credible proposal
against which it is nevertheless necessary to ask whether it really makes it possible to
explain in a systematic way the totality of the natural world.
Identité et individualité dans la physique quantique : quelle philosophie de la nature ?, 2022
Quantum mechanics is characterized, among other moving ideas, by the postulate of indistinguishab... more Quantum mechanics is characterized, among other moving ideas, by the postulate of indistinguishability which is a formalization of the violation of the principle of identity of the indistinguishable formulated by Leibniz: identical particles in states such as the singlet state, are considered as distinct particles but have no properties to discern them. The debate sparked by this state of affairs took on particular emphasis in the 2000s, with the program of low discernability of fundamental particles. Our objective in this article is to identify the philosophical issue of this question: the discernability of fundamental particles becomes, in fact, a central question in a metaphysics of relations, such as ontological structural realism, anxious to show how at the fundamental level, objects without intrinsic properties and non-occurring relations are constitutive of the fundamental interactions from which space-time, natural entities and all our reality emerges.