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Contextuality, Nonlocality and Counterfactual Arguments

2009/03/31 by GianCarlo Ghirardi, Gian Carlo Ghirardi, Karl Wienand
Arts and Humanities · Physics and Astronomy · Psychology · #Philosophy and History of Science #Philosophy and Theoretical Science #Quantum Mechanics and Applications #quant-ph

paper · pdf · doi:10.1007/s10701-009-9303-z

14 pages

openalex publication_date 2009/03/31 · arxiv created 2009/04/06 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28

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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