Quantum Mechanics and Free Will: Five Key Issues

Vol 19, No 1 (2015) • Principia: an international journal of epistemology

Autor: José Manuel Muñoz

Abstract:

In this paper we critically analyze the situation of quantum mechanics in discussions on free will. It starts describing how the uncertainty principle and the measurement problem pose a challenge to determinism. Next, we present positions supporting and rejecting correlation between quantum phenomena and free will. Finally, we will place all these issues into the context of five key questions set out by Robert Kane: the Compatibility, Significance, Intelligibility, Existence and Determinist Questions.

ISSN: 1414-4217

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5007/1808-1711.2015v19n1p65

Texto Completo: https://periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/principia/article/view/1808-1711.2015v19n1p65/30578

Palavras-Chave: Free Will,Determinism,Quantum Mechanics,Uncer

Principia: an international journal of epistemology

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