Logical Reflections On the Kochen-Specker Theorem

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IN THEIR WELL-KNOWN PAPER, Kochen and Specker (1967) introduce the concept of partial Boolean algebra (pBa) and show that certain (finitely generated) partial Boolean algebras arising in quantum theory fail to possess morphisms to any Boolean algebra (we call such pBa's intractable in the sequel). In this note we begin by discussing partial..

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Generalizations of Kochen and Specker's theorem and the effectiveness of Gleason's theorem.Itamar Pitowsky - 2003 - Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part B: Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics 35 (2):177-194.
Introduction.J. Bub - 2004 - Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part B: Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics 35 (2):143-149.
Generalizations of Kochen and Specker's theorem and the effectiveness of Gleason's theorem.Ehud Hrushovski & Itamar Pitowsky - 2004 - Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part B: Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics 35 (2):177-194.

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