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Logical Foundations for Modal Interpretations of Quantum Mechanics

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 April 2022

Michael Dickson
Michael Dickson*
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Indiana University
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Abstract

This paper proposes a logic, motivated by modal interpretations, in which every quantum mechanics propositions has a truth-value. This logic is completely classical, hence violates the conditions of the Kochen-Specker theorem. It is shown how the violation occurs, and it is argued that this violation is a natural and acceptable consequence of modal interpretations. It is shown that despite its classicality, the proposed logic is empirically indistinguishable from quantum logic.

Type
Modal Interpretations of Quantum Theory
Information
Philosophy of Science , Volume 63 , Issue S3 , 1996 , pp. S322 - S329
Copyright
Copyright © Philosophy of Science Association 1996

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Footnotes

†

Thanks to Guido Bacciagaluppi, Rob Clifton, Michael Friedman, and an anonymous referee for helpful comments.

‡

Department of History and Philosophy of Science, 130 Goodbody Hall, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47405-2401.

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