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Piron's axioms for quantum mechanics: A reply to Foulis and Randall

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In their paper “A note on Misunderstandings of Piron's Axioms for Quantum Mechanics,” Foulis and Randall undertake a reply to our critique of Piron's “question-proposition system” (qp-s) which appeared in previous issues of this journal. In the present paper, we want briefly to refute the points of criticism raised by Foulis and Randall (FR). We argue that the “misunderstandings” are not ours, and we prove it.

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Hadjisavvas, N., Thieffine, F. Piron's axioms for quantum mechanics: A reply to Foulis and Randall. Found Phys 14, 83–88 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00741648

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