Non-realism: Deep Thought or a Soft Option?

Foundations of Physics 42 (1):80-85 (2012)
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Abstract

The claim that the observation of a violation of a Bell inequality leads to an alleged alternative between nonlocality and non-realism is annoying because of the vagueness of the second term.

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Nicolas Gisin
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