Contextualism and Nonlocality in the Algebra of EPR Observables
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10704142 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Federico Laudisa (0000-0003-2919-8084, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1997 |
| Volume | 64 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 478-496 |
| Publication date | 1997-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Philosophy of Science (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0031-8248 • E-ISSN: 1539-767X |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1086/392562 |
| OpenAlex | W2012898627 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 16 |
The Bell 1964 theorem states that nonlocality is a necessary feature of hidden variable theories that reproduce the statistical predictions of quantum mechanics. In view of the no-go theorems for non-contextual hidden variable theories already existing up to 1964, and due to Gleason and Bell, one is forced to acknowledge the contextual character of the hidden variable theory which the Bell 1964 theorem refers to. Both the mathematical and the physical justifications of this contextualism are reconsidered. Consequently, the role of contextualism in recent no-hidden-variables proofs and the import of these proofs are investigated. With reference to the physical intuition underlying contextualism, the possibility is considered whether a context-dependence of individual measurement results is compatible with context-independence of the statistics of measurement results
Contextualism · Epistemology · Hidden variable theory · Interpretation (philosophy) · Intuition · Linguistics · Mathematical proof · Observable · Physics · Quantum · Quantum entanglement · Quantum mechanics · Quantum nonlocality · Theoretical physics · History and advancements in chemistry · Mathematics · Philosophy · Quantum Information and Cryptography · Quantum Mechanics and Applications
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |