Weatherall, James Owen (2013) The Scope and Generality of Bell's Theorem. [Preprint]

Preview

PDF The_Scope_and_Generality_of_Bells_Theorem.pdf - Accepted Version Available under License Creative Commons Attribution Non-commercial No Derivatives. Download (340kB)

Abstract

I present what might seem to be a local, deterministic model of the EPR-Bohm experiment, inspired by recent work by Joy Christian, that appears at first blush to be in tension with Bell-type theorems. I argue that the model ultimately fails to do what a hidden variable theory needs to do, but that it is interesting nonetheless because the way it fails helps clarify the scope and generality of Bell-type theorems. I formulate and prove a minor proposition that makes explicit how Bell-type theorems rule out models of the sort I describe here.

---

Export/Citation:

EndNote | BibTeX | Dublin Core | ASCII/Text Citation (Chicago) | HTML Citation | OpenURL

Social Networking:

Share |

---

Item Type:	Preprint
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID Weatherall, James Owen weatherj@uci.edu
Additional Information:	Forthcoming in Foundations of Physics
Keywords:	Bell's theorem; Hidden variable theory; Joy Christian
Subjects:	Specific Sciences > Physics Specific Sciences > Physics > Quantum Mechanics
Depositing User:	James Owen Weatherall
Date Deposited:	26 Jul 2013 06:44
Last Modified:	26 Jul 2013 06:44
Item ID:	9902
Subjects:	Specific Sciences > Physics Specific Sciences > Physics > Quantum Mechanics
Date:	2013
URI:	https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/9902

Available Versions of this Item

• The Scope and Generality of Bell's Theorem. (deposited 21 Dec 2012 15:08)
  • The Scope and Generality of Bell's Theorem. (deposited 26 Jul 2013 06:44) [Currently Displayed]

Monthly Views for the past 3 years

Monthly Downloads for the past 3 years

Plum Analytics

Actions (login required)

View Item