Entropic dynamics: a hybrid-contextual model of quantum mechanics

DOI10.1007/S40509-017-0146-6MaRDI QIDQ2329934zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Kevin Vanslette

Publication date 18 October 2019

Published in Quantum Studies: Mathematics and Foundations (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1704.01571

zbMATH Keywords

probability theoryquantum contextualityquantum foundationsquantum informationquantum measurement

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of statistics to psychology (62P15) General and philosophical questions in quantum theory (81P05) Contextuality in quantum theory (81P13) Quantum information, communication, networks (quantum-theoretic aspects) (81P45) Measures of information, entropy (94A17)

Abstract: The Bell-KS theorem and the more recent $psi$-epistemic emph{no-go} theorems of QM are discussed in the context of Entropic Dynamics. In doing so we find that the Bell-KS theorem allows for, a perhaps overlooked, hybrid-contextual model of QM in which one set of commuting observables (position in this case) is non-contextual and all other observables are contextual. Entropic Dynamics is in a unique position as compared to other foundational theories of QM because it derives QM using standard techniques in Bayesian probability theory. In this formalism, position is the preferred basis from which inferences about other contextual operators are made. This leads to the interpretation that Entropic Dynamics is a hybrid-contextual model of QM, which we show to be consistent with the Bell-KS theorem and QM.

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