Relational Quantum Mechanics is about Facts, not States: A reply to Pienaar and Brukner

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2110.03610v1
• Date: Thu, 7 Oct 2021 16:37:09 GMT
• Title: Relational Quantum Mechanics is about Facts, not States: A reply to Pienaar and Brukner
• Authors: Andrea Di Biagio and Carlo Rovelli
• Abstract summary: We answer objections to the relational interpretation of quantum mechanics raised by vCaslav Brukner and Jacques Pienaar. We show that, far from questioning the viability of the interpretation, they sharpen and clarify it.
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• Abstract: In recent works, \v{C}aslav Brukner and Jacques Pienaar have raised interesting objections to the relational interpretation of quantum mechanics. We answer these objections in detail and show that, far from questioning the viability of the interpretation, they sharpen and clarify it.

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