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E. Specker: "The logic of non-simultaneously decidable propositions" (1960)

History and Philosophy of Physics 2011-04-13 v3 Quantum Physics

Abstract

Translation of 'Die Logik Nicht Gleichzeitig Entscheidbarer Aussagen' by Ernst Specker, Dialectica, vol. 14, 239 - 246 (1960).

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@article{arxiv.1103.4537,
  title  = {E. Specker: "The logic of non-simultaneously decidable propositions" (1960)},
  author = {M. P. Seevinck},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1103.4537},
  year   = {2011}
}

Comments

Made available due to demand for citable version. A different translation by Allen Stairs is also available in C.A. Hooker (ed.), 'The Logico-Algebraic Approach to Quantum Mechanics. Volume I: Historical Evolution'. (Reidel, Dordrecht, 1975), pp. 135-140. v2: small corrections. v3: same as v2, but now with the correct revised source file