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Contextuality and truth-value assignment

Quantum Physics 2017-09-27 v3

Abstract

In the paper, the question whether truth values can be assigned to the propositions before their verification is discussed. To answer this question, a notion of a propositionally noncontextual theory is introduced that in order to explain the verification outcomes provides a map linking each element of a complete lattice identified with a proposition to a truth value. The paper demonstrates that no model obeying such a theory and at the same time the principle of bivalence can be consistent with the occurrence of a non-vanishing "two-path" quantum interference term and the quantum collapse postulate.

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@article{arxiv.1703.09353,
  title  = {Contextuality and truth-value assignment},
  author = {Arkady Bolotin},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1703.09353},
  year   = {2017}
}

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7 pages. Version to appear in Quantum Studies: Mathematics and Foundations