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Quantum Logic Is Alive ∧ (It Is True v It Is False)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 April 2022

Michael Dickson
Michael Dickson*
Affiliation:
Indiana University
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†Send requests for reprints to the author, Department of History and Philosophy of Science, 130 Goodbody Hall, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47405; email: midickso@indiana.edu.
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Abstract

Is the quantum-logic interpretation dead? Its near total absence from current discussions about the interpretation of quantum theory suggests so. While mathematical work on quantum logic continues largely unabated, interest in the quantum-logic interpretation seems to be almost nil, at least in Anglo-American philosophy of physics.

This paper has the immodest purpose of changing that fact. I shall argue that while the quantum-logic interpretation faces challenges, it remains a live option. The usual objections either miss the mark, or admit a reasonable answer, or fail to decide the issue conclusively.

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Footnotes

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This paper owes a great deal to numerous conversations that I have had with Michael Friedman. I am also indebted to Matt Frank for some useful correspondence. (Any errors are due to them.)⊥

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