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Are there limits of objectivity in the quantum world?

Gao, Shan (2018) Are there limits of objectivity in the quantum world? [Preprint]

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Abstract

Healey recently argued that a version of the extended Wigner's friend Gedankenexperiment due to Masanes establishes a contradiction between the universal applicability of unitary quantum theory and the assumption of definite outcomes [Found. Phys. 48, 1568 (2018)]. In this Comment, I show that Healey's analysis is problematic and his conclusion is not true.


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Item Type: Preprint
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Gao, Shansgao7319@uni.sydney.edu.au
Keywords: Healey; extended Wigner's friend Gedankenexperiment; Masanes; unitary quantum theory; assumption of definite outcomes; special relativity
Subjects: Specific Sciences > Physics > Quantum Mechanics
Specific Sciences > Physics > Relativity Theory
Depositing User: Prof. Shan Gao
Date Deposited: 27 Nov 2018 16:28
Last Modified: 27 Nov 2018 16:28
Item ID: 15373
Subjects: Specific Sciences > Physics > Quantum Mechanics
Specific Sciences > Physics > Relativity Theory
Date: 26 November 2018
URI: https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/15373

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