Counterfactuality and the physical reality: lessons from quantum mechanics
In this essay, I'll present an example of counterfactual physical phenomena. More precisely, counterfactual definiteness and interaction-free measurements in quantum mechanics. The example used will be the Elitzur-Vaidman bomb testing experiment, which shows how we can probe the properties of o...
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| Main Author: | Nicholas Kluge Corrêa |
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (UFPE)
2022-05-01
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| Series: | Perspectiva Filosófica |
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| Online Access: | https://periodicos.ufpe.br/revistas/index.php/perspectivafilosofica/article/view/248685 |
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