On Counterfactuals and Contextuality
Quantum Physics
2009-11-10 v2
Abstract
Counterfactual reasoning and contextuality is defined and critically evaluated with regard to its nonempirical content. To this end, a uniqueness property of states, explosion views and link observables are introduced. If only a single context associated with a particular maximum set of observables can be operationalized, then a context translation principle resolves measurements of different contexts.
Cite
@article{arxiv.quant-ph/0406014,
title = {On Counterfactuals and Contextuality},
author = {Karl Svozil},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:quant-ph/0406014},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
10 pages, presented at Foundations of Probability and Physics-3, Vaexjoe University, Sweden, June 7-12, 2004