Book contents
- What Is Quantum Information?
- What Is Quantum Information?
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Preface
- Introduction
- Part I The Concept of Information
- Part II Information and Quantum Mechanics
- Part III Probability, Correlations, and Information
- 8 On the Tension between Ontology and Epistemology in Quantum Probabilities
- 9 Inferential versus Dynamical Conceptions of Physics
- 10 Classical Models for Quantum Information
- 11 On the Relative Character of Quantum Correlations
- Index
- References
8 - On the Tension between Ontology and Epistemology in Quantum Probabilities
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Book contents
- What Is Quantum Information?
- What Is Quantum Information?
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Preface
- Introduction
- Part I The Concept of Information
- Part II Information and Quantum Mechanics
- Part III Probability, Correlations, and Information
- 8 On the Tension between Ontology and Epistemology in Quantum Probabilities
- 9 Inferential versus Dynamical Conceptions of Physics
- 10 Classical Models for Quantum Information
- 11 On the Relative Character of Quantum Correlations
- Index
- References
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