Interpreting the Modal Kochen-Specker theorem: possibility and many worlds in quantum mechanics

DOI10.1016/J.SHPSB.2013.10.003zbMath1282.81018arXiv1404.5881OpenAlexW1973099048MaRDI QIDQ2437508

Christian de Ronde, Hector Freytes, Graciela Domenech

Publication date: 3 March 2014

Published in: Studies in History and Philosophy of Science. Part B. Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1404.5881

zbMATH Keywords

modalityquantum logicKochen-Specker theoremmany worlds

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

General and philosophical questions in quantum theory (81P05) Logical foundations of quantum mechanics; quantum logic (quantum-theoretic aspects) (81P10) Contextuality in quantum theory (81P13)

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