English Dictionary

beable

名詞

(physics, quantum theory, philosophy) anything that could possibly be, in particular in any of a number of superimposed quantum states

日本語の意味

ありうるもの、存在し得る対象 / 物理学や量子論、哲学において、重ね合わせた複数の状態のうちいずれかとして存在可能なもの

Physicists debated whether a beable must have definite properties independent of observation, or whether it can remain in a superposition of possibilities.

物理学者たちは、ある存在し得るものが観測に依存せずに確定した性質を持たねばならないのか、それとも可能性の重ね合わせのままであり得るのかを議論した。

意味（1）

(physics, quantum theory, philosophy) anything that could possibly be, in particular in any of a number of superimposed quantum states

In particular we will exclude the notion of “observable” in favour of that of “beable”. The beables of the theory are those elements which might correspond to elements of reality, to things which exist. Their existence does not depend on “observation”. Indeed observation and observers must be made out of beables. I use the term “beable” rather than some more committed term like “being” or “beer” to recall the essentially tentative nature of any physical theory. Such a theory is at best a candidate for the description of nature. Terms like “being”, “beer”, “existent”, etc., would seem to me lacking in humility. In fact “beable” is short for “maybe-able”.

beables （ plural ）