The Foundational Significance of Leggett's Non-local Hidden-Variable Theories

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Type
Article: article d'un périodique ou d'un magazine.
Collection
Publications
Institution
Titre
The Foundational Significance of Leggett's Non-local Hidden-Variable Theories
Périodique
Foundations of Physics
Auteur⸱e⸱s
Egg M.
ISSN
0015-9018 (Print)
1572-9516 (Online)
ISSN-L
0015-9018
Statut éditorial
Publié
Date de publication
07/2013
Peer-reviewed
Oui
Volume
43
Numéro
7
Pages
872-880
Langue
anglais
Notes
The final publication is available at http://link.springer.com
Résumé
Laudisa (Found. Phys. 38:1110-1132, 2008) claims that experimental research on the class of non-local hidden-variable theories introduced by Leggett is misguided, because these theories are irrelevant for the foundations of quantum mechanics. I show that Laudisa's arguments fail to establish the pessimistic conclusion he draws from them. In particular, it is not the case that Leggett-inspired research is based on a mistaken understanding of Bell's theorem, nor that previous no-hidden-variable theorems already exclude Leggett's models. Finally, I argue that the framework of Bohmian mechanics brings out the importance of Leggett tests, rather than proving their irrelevance, as Laudisa supposes.
Mots-clé
Bell's theorem, Bohmian mechanics, Hidden-variable theories, Leggett, Non-locality, Realism
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