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The Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen Paradox Reexamined

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 February 2022

Gen-Ichiro Nagasaka
Gen-Ichiro Nagasaka*
Affiliation:
Nanzan University’, Nagoya
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The Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen paradox is an old problem which started back in 1935 with an article in Physical Review titled ‘Does Quantum Mechanics Describe Physical Reality Completely?’ These authors assert that quantum mechanics, being inconsistent, cannot describe physical reality completely. In the present paper the nature of the inconsistency will be analyzed and it will be shown that the E.P.R. paradox is essentially of formal nature and that the apparent formal inconsistency may be regarded as a consequence of unjustifiable presupposition.

According to quantum mechanical theory the states of a microscopic system may be represented by state vectors and in the absence of any disturbance from outside the state vectors will change continuously with time according to Schrodinger's equation.

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PSA: Proceedings of the Biennial Meeting of the Philosophy of Science Association , Volume 1970 , 1970 , pp. 437 - 445
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Copyright © Philosophy of Science Association 1970

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