Identity, Quantum Mechanics and Common Sense

The Monist 80 (1):118-130 (1997)
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I want to review some ways in which Quantum Mechanics seems to affront our “common-sense” notions of identity. Let’s start with a list.

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10.5840/monist19978018

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