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qu an tph ] 2 0 N ov 2 01 9 Measuring Measuring
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Hansen, Arne Wolf, Stefan |
| Copyright Year | 2019 |
| Abstract | Measurements play a crucial role in doing physics: Their results provide the basis on which we adopt or reject physical theories. In this note, we examine the effect of subjecting measurements themselves to a measurability: We assume that theories account for interactions so that they are empirically traceable, and that observations necessarily go with such an interaction with the observed system. In consequence of these assumptions, we are lead to contextual theories. Contextuality becomes a means to render interactions, thus also measurements, empirically tangible. The measurement becomes problematic if one tries to commensurate the assumption of tangible interactions with the notion of a spectator theory, i.e., with the idea that measurement results are read off without effect. The measurement “problem,” thus, presents itself as the collision of different epistemologic stances. |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://arxiv-export-lb.library.cornell.edu/pdf/1910.06123 |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
