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.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1703.09353,
title = {Contextuality and truth-value assignment},
author = {Arkady Bolotin},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1703.09353},
year = {2017}
}
Comments
7 pages. Version to appear in Quantum Studies: Mathematics and Foundations