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Contextuality: Wheeler's universal regulating principle

Quantum Physics 2018-05-24 v1 Mathematical Physics math.MP History and Philosophy of Physics

Abstract

In this essay I develop quantum contextuality as a potential candidate for Wheeler's universal regulating principle, arguing -- \textit{contrary} to Wheeler -- that this ultimately implies that `bit' comes from `it.' In the process I develop a formal definition of physical determinism in the languages of domain theory and category theory.

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@article{arxiv.1307.3691,
  title  = {Contextuality: Wheeler's universal regulating principle},
  author = {Ian T. Durham},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1307.3691},
  year   = {2018}
}

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Submitted to the 2013 FQXi Essay Contest "It From Bit or Bit From It?"

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