States vs. changes of states: a reformulation of the ontic vs. epistemic distinction in quantum mechanics

DOI10.1007/S10701-022-00662-XMaRDI QIDQ2679063OpenAlexFDO

Authors Joanna Luc

Publication date 18 January 2023

Published in Foundations of Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1007/s10701-022-00662-x

zbMATH Keywords

ontological modelsepistemic statesontic statesquantum collapse

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Foundations, quantum information and its processing, quantum axioms, and philosophy (81Pxx)

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