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I have been trying to make quantum logical models of the physical world in the way McCulloch and Pitts [1] and von Neumann [2] made classical logical models of nervous systems. As a result my ideas about quantum logic and about the physical world have undergone a process of mutual adaptation.
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Note added in proof: For cross sections see Finkelstein, D. and McCollum, G., ‘Space-Time Code. VI’, (submitted to The Physical Review).
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Finkelstein, D. (1976). Classical and Quantum Probability and Set Theory. In: Harper, W.L., Hooker, C.A. (eds) Foundations of Probability Theory, Statistical Inference, and Statistical Theories of Science. The University of Western Ontario Series in Philosophy of Science, vol 6c. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-1438-0_7
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