2012/07/31 by O. J. E. Maroney, Maroney, O. J. E. · 1 citation
Arts and Humanities · Physics and Astronomy · Psychology · #Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics #FOS: Physical sciences #Philosophy and Theoretical Science #Quantum Mechanics and Applications #Quantum Physics (quant-ph) #quant-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1207.7192
2 pages
arxiv created 2012/07/31 · openalex publication_date 2012/07/31 · arxiv updated 2012/08/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
One of the recent no-go theorems on Ψ-epistemic interpretations of quantum proves that there are no 'maximally epistemic' interpretations of quantum theory. The proof utilises similar arrangements to Clifton's quantum contextuality proof and has parallels to Harrigan and Rudolph's quantum deficiency no-go theorem, itself based on the Kochen-Specker quantum contextuality proof. This paper shows how the Kochen-Specker theorem can also be turned into a no 'maximally epistemic' theorem, but of a more limited kind.