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Locality and realism in contextual theories

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Two types of contextual theories are distinguished and shown to be related. For theories of each type a criterion of locality is formulated which is weaker than the classical requirement of separability at spacelike intervals. The relations between the concepts of locality, realism, and ontic chance are discussed.

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  1. Department of Foundations of Physics, Rijkuniversiteit Utrecht, Princetonplein 5, P.O. Box 80,000, 3508 TA, Utrecht, The Netherlands

    Dick Hoekzema

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Hoekzema, D. Locality and realism in contextual theories. Found Phys 17, 787–797 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00733267

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