Beyond complementarity

DOI10.1142/9781786341419_0004MaRDI QIDQ2975831zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Ruth E. Kastner

Publication date 12 April 2017

Published in Quantum Structural Studies (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1601.07545

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Physics (00A79) General and philosophical questions in quantum theory (81P05) Quantum coherence, entanglement, quantum correlations (81P40)

Abstract: It is argued that Niels Bohr ultimately arrived at positivistic and antirealist-flavored statements because of weaknesses in his initial objective of accounting for measurement in physical terms. Bohr's investigative approach faced a dilemma, the choices being (i) conceptual inconsistency or (ii) taking the classical realm as primitive. In either case, Bohr's `Complementarity' does not adequately explain or account for the emergence of a macroscopic, classical domain from a microscopic domain described by quantum mechanics. A diagnosis of the basic problem is offered, and an alternative way forward is indicated.

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