Is the Epistemic View of Quantum Mechanics Incomplete?

Foundations of Physics 34 (12):1993-2003 (2004)
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One of the most tantalizing questions about the interpretation of Quantum Theory is the objective vs. subjective meaning of quantum states. Here, by focusing on a typical EPR experiment upon which a selection procedure is performed on one side, we will confront the fully epistemic view of quantum states with its results. Our statement is that such a view cannot be considered complete, although the opposite attitude would also pose well-known problems of interpretation

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Jose Luis Sanchez-Gomez
Centro de Enseñanza Té y Superior Universidad, Unidad Ensenada

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