How to (properly) strengthen Bell's theorem using counterfactuals

DOI10.1016/J.SHPSB.2009.12.001zbMATH Open1228.81052OpenAlexW1993645727MaRDI QIDQ652803FDOQ652803

Authors: Tomasz Bigaj 

Publication date: 17 December 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.2009.12.001

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zbMATH Keywords

Bell's theoremcounterfactualsnon-localityEinstein's criterion of reality

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Modal logic (including the logic of norms) (03B45) General and philosophical questions in quantum theory (81P05) Contextuality in quantum theory (81P13)

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