The Ontological and Epistemological Necessity of Local Beables in Quantum Mechanics

Persian Journal for Analytic Philosophy 25 (38):33-56 (2021)
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Abstract

Bell introduces local beables in contrast to quantum mechanical observables. The present article emphasizes the importance and necessity of introducing local beables in quantum mechanics from the ontological and epistemological points of view. We argue that suggesting beables in the ontology of quantum mechanics is necessary to give an adequate account of its testability.

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