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Sharp and the Refutation of the Einstein, Podolsky, Rosen Paradox

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 March 2022

C. A. Hooker
C. A. Hooker*
Affiliation:
University of Western Ontario
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Abstract

D. H. Sharp has recently argued that Einstein, Podolsky, and Rosen failed to make good their claim that elementary quantum theory provides only an incomplete description of physical reality. Sharp expounds in detail three criticisms (a fourth is mentioned) which focus largely on formal features of the quantum theory. I argue, on grounds centered largely in our search for an adequate physical understanding of the micro domain, that each of these criticisms must be rejected. The original criticism of quantum theory reemerges as a still-important baseline in our search for an adequate understanding of quantum theory.

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Research Article
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Philosophy of Science , Volume 38 , Issue 2 , June 1971 , pp. 224 - 233
Copyright
Copyright © 1971 by The Philosophy of Science Association

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