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Quantum measurements and macrophysical reality: Epistemological implications of a proposed paradox

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After an outline of the macrorealistic solutions to the difficulties of the measurement theory, a new paradox is proposed and then discussed in the light of three different interpretations of quantum mechanics.

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Tarozzi, G. Quantum measurements and macrophysical reality: Epistemological implications of a proposed paradox. Found Phys 26, 907–917 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02148833

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