Contextuality and truth-value assignment

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    Abstract

    In the paper, the question whether truth values can be assigned to the propositions before their verification is discussed. To answer this question, a notion of a propositionally noncontextual theory is introduced that to explain the verification outcomes provides a map linking each element of a complete lattice identified with a proposition to a truth value. The paper demonstrates that no model obeying such a theory and at the same time the principle of bivalence can be consistent with the occurrence of a non-vanishing “two-path” quantum interference term and the quantum collapse postulate.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)351-355
    Number of pages5
    JournalQuantum Studies: Mathematics and Foundations
    Volume5
    Issue number2
    DOIs
    StatePublished - 1 Jun 2018

    Keywords

    • Contextuality
    • Many-valued logic
    • Propositional logic
    • Truth-value assignment

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
    • Mathematical Physics

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