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Nonseparability of inferribility and measurability in quantum mechanics as a Systema Magnum

Löfgren, Lars LU (1998) 1. p.113-118
Abstract
Quantum measurement theory has a peculiar nature with its TWO processes of assertibility, by proof and by measurement, which is beyond formal logic. This two-sortedness with respect to assertibility is discussed in terms of developments of many--sorted logics, sometimes referred to as Logica Magna. Although useful insights are obtained this way, we argue that there is a nonseparability of inferribility and measurability that is understandable first with a shift from logic to language in its systemic conception. That is, from a Logica Magna to a Systema Magnum understood as a truly systemic whole of complementary description and interpretation processes. In introspective quantum mechanics as a Systema Magnum, the nonseparability sheds light... (More)
Quantum measurement theory has a peculiar nature with its TWO processes of assertibility, by proof and by measurement, which is beyond formal logic. This two-sortedness with respect to assertibility is discussed in terms of developments of many--sorted logics, sometimes referred to as Logica Magna. Although useful insights are obtained this way, we argue that there is a nonseparability of inferribility and measurability that is understandable first with a shift from logic to language in its systemic conception. That is, from a Logica Magna to a Systema Magnum understood as a truly systemic whole of complementary description and interpretation processes. In introspective quantum mechanics as a Systema Magnum, the nonseparability sheds light on interconnections between formalism and experimentalism which, for example, helps a critical understanding of Deutsch’s hypothesis of a programmable experimentability ("quantum computation"). (Less)
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Formalism, Complexity, Bohr’s Measurement Requirement, Experimentalism, Assertibility by Measurement, Programmable Experimentability ("Quantum Computation"), Systema Magnum, Logica Magna, Assertibility by Proof
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Proc. Fourteenth European Meeting on Cybernetics and Systems Research
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1
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113 - 118
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Austrian Society for Cybernetic Studies
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3 85206 139 3
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The Language-Communication Complex
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English
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  author       = {{Löfgren, Lars}},
  booktitle    = {{Proc. Fourteenth European Meeting on Cybernetics and Systems Research}},
  isbn         = {{3 85206 139 3}},
  keywords     = {{Formalism; Complexity; Bohr’s Measurement Requirement; Experimentalism; Assertibility by Measurement; Programmable Experimentability ("Quantum Computation"); Systema Magnum; Logica Magna; Assertibility by
Proof}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  pages        = {{113--118}},
  publisher    = {{Austrian Society for Cybernetic Studies}},
  title        = {{Nonseparability of inferribility and measurability in quantum mechanics as a Systema Magnum}},
  url          = {{https://lup.lub.lu.se/search/files/5509363/1737467.pdf}},
  volume       = {{1}},
  year         = {{1998}},
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