How to evaluate counterfactuals in the quantum world

DOI10.1007/S11229-012-0195-7zbMath1284.03032OpenAlexW2154025671MaRDI QIDQ2442125

Tomasz Bigaj

Publication date: 31 March 2014

Published in: Synthese (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11229-012-0195-7

zbMATH Keywords

counterfactualsquantum mechanicsindeterminismtrue-antecedent counterfactuals

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Modal logic (including the logic of norms) (03B45) Philosophical and critical aspects of logic and foundations (03A05) Logical foundations of quantum mechanics; quantum logic (quantum-theoretic aspects) (81P10)

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