A quantum structure description of the liar paradox

DOI10.1023/A:1026686316673zbMATH Open0991.81012arXivquant-ph/0106131OpenAlexW1695482824MaRDI QIDQ1585838FDOQ1585838

Authors: Diederik Aerts, Jan Broekaert, Sonja Smets 

Publication date: 21 August 2002

Published in: International Journal of Theoretical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: In this article we propose an approach that models the truth behavior of cognitive entities (i.e. sets of connected propositions) by taking into account in a very explicit way the possible influence of the cognitive person (the one that interacts with the considered cognitive entity). Hereby we specifically apply the mathematical formalism of quantum mechanics because of the fact that this formalism allows the description of real contextual influences, i.e. the influence of the measuring apparatus on the physical entity. We concentrated on the typical situation of the liar paradox and have shown that (1) the truth-false state of this liar paradox can be represented by a quantum vector of the non-product type in a finite dimensional complex Hilbert space and the different cognitive interactions by the actions of the corresponding quantum projections, (2) the typical oscillations between false and truth - the paradox -is now quantum dynamically described by a Schrodinger equation. We analyse possible philosophical implications of this result.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0106131

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

General and philosophical questions in quantum theory (81P05)

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