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On the Consistent Meaning of Local Realism

Version 1 : Received: 18 May 2022 / Approved: 20 May 2022 / Online: 20 May 2022 (09:15:57 CEST)
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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Received: 11 July 2022
Commenter: Justo Pastor Lambare
Commenter's Conflict of Interests: Author
Comment: Besides some minor changes, one Appendix and several references were added.
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