Contextuality, nonlocality and counterfactual arguments

DOI10.1007/S10701-009-9303-ZMaRDI QIDQ735203zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Karl Wienand, Giancarlo Ghirardi

Publication date 21 October 2009

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

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/0904.0931

zbMATH Keywords

nonlocalitycontextualityhidden variable theoriescounterfactual arguments

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

General and philosophical questions in quantum theory (81P05) Contextuality in quantum theory (81P13) Quantum coherence, entanglement, quantum correlations (81P40) Stochastic mechanics (including stochastic electrodynamics) (81P20)

Abstract: In this paper, following an elementary line of thought which somewhat differs from the usual one, we prove once more that any deterministic theory predictively equivalent to quantum mechanics unavoidably exhibits a contextual character. The purpose of adopting this perspective is that of paving the way for a critical analysis of the use of counterfactual arguments when dealing with nonlocal physical processes.

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