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Can many-valued logic help to comprehend quantum phenomena?

Quantum Physics 2015-06-22 v1 History and Philosophy of Physics

Abstract

Following {\L}ukasiewicz, we argue that future non-certain events should be described with the use of many-valued, not 2-valued logic. The Greenberger-Horne-Zeilinger `paradox' is shown to be an artifact caused by unjustified use of 2-valued logic while considering results of future non-certain events. Description of properties of quantum objects before they are measured should be performed with the use of propositional functions that form a particular model of infinitely-valued {\L}ukasiewicz logic. This model is distinguished by specific operations of negation, conjunction, and disjunction that are used in it.

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@article{arxiv.1408.2697,
  title  = {Can many-valued logic help to comprehend quantum phenomena?},
  author = {Jarosław Pykacz},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1408.2697},
  year   = {2015}
}

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10 pages, no figures

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