Quantum entanglement and a metaphysics of relations

DOI10.1016/J.SHPSB.2004.04.008MaRDI QIDQ640090zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Michael Esfeld

Publication date 17 October 2011

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://doi.org/10.1016/j.shpsb.2004.04.008

zbMATH Keywords

entanglementholismintrinsic propertiesmetaphysicsnon-separabilityrelationsstructural realism

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Physics (00A79) History of mathematics in the 20th century (01A60) Philosophical and critical aspects of logic and foundations (03A05) History of quantum theory (81-03) Quantum measurement theory, state operations, state preparations (81P15)

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