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1 - Ontology for Relativistic Collapse Theories

from Part I - Ontology from Different Interpretations of Quantum Mechanics

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 April 2019

Olimpia Lombardi
Affiliation:
Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina
Sebastian Fortin
Affiliation:
Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina
Cristian López
Affiliation:
Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina
Federico Holik
Affiliation:
Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Argentina
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Quantum Worlds
Perspectives on the Ontology of Quantum Mechanics
, pp. 9 - 31
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2019

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