Unsharp quantum reality

DOI10.1007/S10701-010-9497-0MaRDI QIDQ535668zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors P. Busch, Gregg Jaeger

Publication date 13 May 2011

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

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1005.0604, https://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/42666/1/UNSHARP_QUANTUM_REALITY.pdf

zbMATH Keywords

probabilityquantum indeterminacyquantum measurementpotentialitydegree of realityelement of realityfuzzy valueunsharp observableunsharp propertyunsharp reality

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Fuzzy sets and logic (in connection with information, communication, or circuits theory) (94D05) Fuzzy logic; logic of vagueness (03B52) General and philosophical questions in quantum theory (81P05) Quantum measurement theory, state operations, state preparations (81P15) Fuzzy probability (60A86)

Abstract: The positive operator (valued) measures (POMs) allow one to generalize the notion of observable beyond the traditional one based on projection valued measures (PVMs). Here, we argue that this generalized conception of observable enables a consistent notion of unsharp reality and with it an adequate concept of joint properties. A sharp or unsharp property manifests itself as an element of sharp or unsharp reality by its tendency to become actual or to actualize a specific measurement outcome. This actualization tendency - or potentiality - of a property is quantified by the associated quantum probability. The resulting single-case interpretation of probability as a degree of reality will be explained in detail and its role in addressing the tensions between quantum and classical accounts of the physical world will be elucidated. It will be shown that potentiality can be viewed as a causal agency that evolves in a well-defined way.

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