Incomplete yet existent objects: a Nuclear Meinongian approach to quantum metaphysical indeterminacy

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2510.18111v1
• Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2025 21:22:29 GMT
• Title: Incomplete yet existent objects: a Nuclear Meinongian approach to quantum metaphysical indeterminacy
• Authors: Raoni Arroyo, Renato Semaniuc Valvassori,
• Abstract summary: This article proposes a reading of quantum metaphysical indeterminacy from the perspective of Parsons' Nuclear Meinongianism.<n>We argue for dropping the IENP and discuss the resulting metaphysical and metametaphysical consequences.
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• Abstract: This article proposes a reading of quantum metaphysical indeterminacy from the perspective of Parsons' Nuclear Meinongianism. In doing so, we identify a fundamental incompatibility between a key feature of Parsons' theory and standard quantum mechanics. Our approach interprets quantum indeterminacy as property incompleteness. However, this move, when combined with Parsons' framework, leads to what we term the ``Incompleteness-Entails-Nonexistence Principle'' (IENP), which implausibly entails the nonexistence of quantum objects. For Meinongianism to be a suitable tool for the metaphysics of quantum mechanics, this principle must be addressed. We argue for dropping the IENP and discuss the resulting metaphysical and metametaphysical consequences.

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