Physical Probability in the Everett Interpretation and Bell Inequalities
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physics.hist-ph updates on arXiv.org / 2d
arXiv:2512.00575v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: I define a notion of local causality LOC closely modelled on the Bell principle, construed as the condition that single case probabilities cannot be modified by actions at spacelike separation. The new principle, like that of Bell, forces Bell inequalities, but with two loopholes: one is retrocausation, known to Bell, but the other is nonuniqueness
A Physical Basis for Information
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physics.hist-ph updates on arXiv.org / 2d
arXiv:2407.09567v5 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Information is typically understood as a structure that tells something about another structure, yet no widely accepted definition of information has been derived from first physical principles. Here we develop a substrate-agnostic framework that defines information directly from physical dynamics in systems ranging from molecular to neural
Blurred orbits and blurred particles: Heisenberg’s 1926 helium atom
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physics.hist-ph updates on arXiv.org / 2d
arXiv:2504.04116v5 Announce Type: replace Abstract: This work analyses the extent to which the “blurred orbits” of the current model for the atom, drafted by Heisenberg in 1926, fits the image of a bunch of wandering electrons around a nucleus. We will deal with early appearances of the concept of indistinguishable particles within the frame of quantum mechanics. There are few studies on the use o
A Heptalemma for Quantum Mechanics
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physics.hist-ph updates on arXiv.org / 2d
arXiv:2512.01982v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: We present a seven-pronged no-go result for quantum mechanics: a “heptalemma”. It shows that seven initially plausible theses about physical reality are jointly inconsistent with the predictions of quantum mechanics, while any six are jointly consistent. We must then decide which theses to retain and which to give up. Since different interpretation
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physics.hist-ph updates on arXiv.org / 1d
arXiv:2512.02673v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Chen-Ning Yang made important contributions to the theory of solvable models in statistical mechanics, including generalizations of the Bethe Ansatz, magnetization in the Ising model, the Lee-Yang circle theorem, and the Yang-Baxter equation. Most famously, Yang made transformative contributions to the current Standard Model of elementary particle
Methodological Realism and Quantum Mechanics
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physics.hist-ph updates on arXiv.org / 1d
arXiv:2512.02169v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: I distinguish two senses in which one can take a given physical theory to be `complete’. On the first, a complete physical theory is one that, in principle, completely describes physical reality. On the second, a complete physical theory is one that provides all of the conceptual resources one needs to describe any (in general probabilistic) physic
Limiting Reduction and Modified Gravity
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physics.hist-ph updates on arXiv.org / 1d
arXiv:2512.02871v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Modified Newtonian Dynamics (MOND) is a framework of theories that adjust Newton’s laws of gravity to explain effects such as galactic rotation anomalies, offering an alternative to dark matter. This essay examines the justification of MOND by assessing its inter-theoretical relationship to established theories across relevant scales, in particular i
Physical Probability in the Everett interpretation and Bell inequalities
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Saunders, Simon (2025) . [Preprint]
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Weinstein, Galina (2025) . [Preprint]
Methodological Realism and Quantum Mechanics
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Cuffaro, Michael E. (2025) . [Preprint]
Eternalism and Everettian Quantum Mechanics
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Slavov, Matias (2025) . Metaphysica.
Black Holes are about Quantum Information
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Corbeel, Aude and De Haro, Sebastian (2025) . [Preprint]
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