Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Ruyant, Quentin
• Guay, Alexandre

Titel

Lagrangian possibilities

Ist Teil von

• Synthese (Dordrecht), 2024-04, Vol.203 (4), p.125

Ort / Verlag

Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands

Erscheinungsjahr

2024

Link zum Volltext

Quelle

Alma/SFX Local Collection

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Natural modalities are often analysed from an abstract point of view where they are associated with putative laws of nature. However, the way possibilities are represented in physics is more complex. Lagrangian mechanics, for instance, involves two different layers of modalities: kinematical and dynamical possibilities. This paper examines the status of these two layers, both in the classical and quantum case. The quantum case is particularly problematic: we identify four possible interpretive options. The upshot is that a close inspection of the way possibilities are represented in physics could lead to new ways of thinking about natural modalities.