Pitowsky’s Epistemic Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics and the PBR Theorem

DOI10.1007/978-3-030-34316-3_5zbMath1498.81015OpenAlexW3015990448MaRDI QIDQ5119657

Yemima Ben-Menahem

Publication date: 31 August 2020

Published in: Jerusalem Studies in Philosophy and History of Science (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-34316-3_5

zbMATH Keywords

realismprobabilityquantum mechanicssubjective probabilityepistemic interpretationPBR theoreminstrumentalism

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

General and philosophical questions in quantum theory (81P05)

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