scholarly journals The Metaphysics of Decoherence

Erkenntnis ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Antonio Vassallo ◽  
Davide Romano

AbstractThe paper investigates the type of realism that best suits the framework of decoherence taken at face value without postulating a plurality of worlds, or additional hidden variables, or non-unitary dynamical mechanisms. It is argued that this reading of decoherence leads to a type of perspectival realism which is extremely radical, especially when cosmological decoherence is considered.

1987 ◽  
Vol 54 (4) ◽  
pp. 558-576 ◽  
Author(s):  
Geoffrey Hellman
Keyword(s):  

2021 ◽  
Vol 51 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Václav Voráček ◽  
Mirko Navara

AbstractWe show that there is no non-constant assignment of zeros and ones to points of a unit sphere in $$\mathbb{R}^3$$ R 3 such that for every three pairwisely orthogonal vectors, an odd number of them is assigned 1. This is a new strengthening of the Bell–Kochen–Specker theorem, which proves the non-existence of hidden variables in quantum theories.


Physics Today ◽  
1974 ◽  
Vol 27 (10) ◽  
pp. 53-55 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. J. Belinfante ◽  
Leslie E. Ballentine
Keyword(s):  

2017 ◽  
Vol 52 (3) ◽  
pp. 228-235
Author(s):  
Christopher Haymaker ◽  
Amber Cadick ◽  
Allison Seavey

Social class and privilege are hidden variables that impact the physician–patient relationship and health outcomes. This article presents a sample of activities from three programs utilized in the community health curriculum to teach resident physicians about patients within context, including how social class and privilege impact physician–patient relationships and patient health. These activities address resident physicians’ resistance to discussion of privilege, social class, and race by emphasizing direct experience and active learning rather than traditional didactic sessions. The group format of these activities fosters flexible discussion and personal engagement that provide opportunities for reflection. Each activity affords opportunities to develop a vocabulary for discussing social class and privilege with compassion and to adopt therapeutic approaches that are more likely to meet patients where they are.


1978 ◽  
Vol 43 (1) ◽  
pp. 65-72 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Baracca ◽  
A. Cornia ◽  
R. Livi ◽  
S. Ruffo

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