Cuffaro, Michael E. (2016) Reconsidering No-Go Theorems from a Practical Perspective. [Preprint]

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Abstract

I argue that our judgements regarding the locally causal models which are compatible with a given quantum no-go theorem implicitly depend, in part, on the context of inquiry. It follows from this that certain no-go theorems, which are particularly striking in the traditional foundational context, have no force when the context switches to a discussion of the physical systems we are capable of building with the aim of classically reproducing quantum statistics. I close with a general discussion of the possible implications of this for our understanding of the limits of classical description, and for our understanding of the fundamental aim of physical investigation.

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Item Type:	Preprint
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID Cuffaro, Michael E. mike@michaelcuffaro.com
Additional Information:	Forthcoming in the British Journal for Philosophy of Science.
Keywords:	no-go theorems Bell inequality GHZ inequality local hidden variables local causality
Subjects:	Specific Sciences > Computation/Information > Classical General Issues > Causation Specific Sciences > Physics > Classical Physics Specific Sciences > Computation/Information > Quantum Specific Sciences > Physics > Quantum Mechanics
Depositing User:	Dr. Michael Cuffaro
Date Deposited:	12 Mar 2017 16:53
Last Modified:	12 Mar 2017 16:53
Item ID:	12898
Official URL:	https://doi.org/10.1093/bjps/axw038
DOI or Unique Handle:	10.1093/bjps/axw038
Subjects:	Specific Sciences > Computation/Information > Classical General Issues > Causation Specific Sciences > Physics > Classical Physics Specific Sciences > Computation/Information > Quantum Specific Sciences > Physics > Quantum Mechanics
Date:	2016
URI:	https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/12898

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