Bacciagaluppi, Guido (2015) Einstein, Bohm, and Leggett-Garg. [Preprint]

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Abstract

In a recent paper, I have analysed and criticised Leggett and Garg’s argument to the effect that macroscopic realism contradicts quantum mechanics, by contrasting their assumptions to the example of Bell’s stochastic pilot-wave theories, and have applied Dzhafarov and Kujala’s analysis of contextuality in the presence of signalling to the case of the Leggett–Garg inequalities. In this chapter, I discuss more in general the motivations for macroscopic realism, taking a cue from Einstein’s criticism of the Bohm theory, then go on to summarise my previous results, with a few additional comments on other recent work on Leggett and Garg. [To appear in: E. Dzhafarov (ed.), Contextuality from Quantum Physics to Psychology (Singapore: World Scientific).]

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Item Type:	Preprint
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID Bacciagaluppi, Guido g.bacciagaluppi@abdn.ac.uk
Additional Information:	To appear in: E. Dzhafarov (ed.), Contextuality from Quantum Physics to Psychology (Singapore: World Scientific).
Keywords:	macroscopic realism, Leggett-Garg inequalities, contextuality, Einstein, Bohm
Subjects:	Specific Sciences > Probability/Statistics Specific Sciences > Physics > Quantum Mechanics
Depositing User:	Guido Bacciagaluppi
Date Deposited:	19 May 2015 14:04
Last Modified:	19 May 2015 14:04
Item ID:	11469
Subjects:	Specific Sciences > Probability/Statistics Specific Sciences > Physics > Quantum Mechanics
Date:	18 May 2015
URI:	https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/11469

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