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On the Consistent Meaning of Local Realism
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Version 2 : Received: 8 July 2022 / Approved: 11 July 2022 / Online: 11 July 2022 (08:48:58 CEST)
Version 3 : Received: 16 August 2022 / Approved: 17 August 2022 / Online: 17 August 2022 (11:43:24 CEST)
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Lambare, J.P. On the Meaning of Local Realism. Found Phys 52, 98 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10701-022-00618-1 Lambare, J.P. On the Meaning of Local Realism. Found Phys 52, 98 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10701-022-00618-1
Abstract
We present a pragmatic analysis of the different meanings assigned to the term ``local realism'' in the context of the empirical violations of Bell-type inequalities since its inception in the late 1970s. We point out that most of them are inconsistent and arise from a deeply ingrained prejudice that originated in the celebrated 1935 paper by Einstein-Podolski-Rosen. We highlight the correct connotation that arises once we discard unnecessary metaphysics.
Keywords
Bell inequality; locality; nonlocality; realism; counterfactual definiteness
Subject
Arts and Humanities, Philosophy
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