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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| 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 |
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| Depositing User: | Dr. Michael Cuffaro | ||||||
| Date Deposited: | 25 Feb 2016 04:00 | ||||||
| Last Modified: | 25 Feb 2016 04:00 | ||||||
| Item ID: | 11924 | ||||||
| Subjects: | Specific Sciences > Computation/Information > Classical General Issues > Causation Specific Sciences > Physics > Classical Physics Specific Sciences > Computation/Information > Quantum Specific Sciences > Physics > Quantum Mechanics |
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| Date: | 2016 | ||||||
| URI: | https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/11924 |
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