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. 2022;52(3):62.
doi: 10.1007/s10701-022-00579-5. Epub 2022 Jun 7.

Relational Quantum Mechanics is About Facts, Not States: A Reply to Pienaar and Brukner

Andrea Di Biagio  1 , Carlo Rovelli  2   3   4
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Relational Quantum Mechanics is About Facts, Not States: A Reply to Pienaar and Brukner

Andrea Di Biagio et al. Found Phys. 2022.

Abstract

In recent works, Časlav Brukner and Jacques Pienaar have raised interesting objections to the relational interpretation of quantum mechanics. We answer these objections in detail and show that, far from questioning the viability of the interpretation, they sharpen and clarify it.

Keywords: Interpretation; Quantum mechanics; RQM; Relational quantum mechanics.

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