Bitbol, Michel (2011) Traces of Objectivity: Causality and Probabilities in Quantum Physics. Diogenes, 58 (4). pp. 30-57.
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Abstract
It is pointed out that the probabilistic character of a theory does not indicate by itself a distancing with respect to the norms of objectification. Instead, the very structure of the calculation of probabilities utilised by this theory is capable of bearing the trace of a constitution of objectivity in Kant’s sense. Accordingly, the procedure of the constitution of objectivity is first studied in standard and in quantum cases with due reference to modern cognitive science. Then, an examination of the differences between classical and quantum probabilities is performed. It is shown that the form of the quantum calculation of the probabilities carries the mark of the contextuality of the phenomena on which it bears. Conversely, certain conditions that have the form of Bell’s inequalities carry the mark of decontextualization.
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| Keywords: | Causality, objectivity, probability, quantum mechanics, Kant, transcendental idealism | ||||||
| Subjects: | General Issues > Causation General Issues > Laws of Nature Specific Sciences > Physics Specific Sciences > Physics > Quantum Mechanics General Issues > Realism/Anti-realism |
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| Depositing User: | Prof. Michel Bitbol | ||||||
| Date Deposited: | 26 Apr 2013 12:56 | ||||||
| Last Modified: | 26 Apr 2013 12:56 | ||||||
| Item ID: | 9706 | ||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Diogenes | ||||||
| Publisher: | Sage publications | ||||||
| Official URL: | http://dio.sagepub.com/content/58/4/30.full.pdf+ht... | ||||||
| DOI or Unique Handle: | 10.1177/0392192113480902 | ||||||
| Subjects: | General Issues > Causation General Issues > Laws of Nature Specific Sciences > Physics Specific Sciences > Physics > Quantum Mechanics General Issues > Realism/Anti-realism |
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| Date: | November 2011 | ||||||
| Page Range: | pp. 30-57 | ||||||
| Volume: | 58 | ||||||
| Number: | 4 | ||||||
| URI: | https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/9706 |
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