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The ‘Logical’ Approach to Axiomatic Quantum Theory

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Bridging the Gap: Philosophy, Mathematics, and Physics

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A statistical theory (ST) is based on a formalized structure in which peculiar classes of objects are interpreted as representing the primitive physical concepts of states, consisting of classes of preparations of individual samples of the physical entity under well defined and repeatable conditions; observables or physical measurable quantities (or magnitudes); a probability function.

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Cattaneo, G. (1993). The ‘Logical’ Approach to Axiomatic Quantum Theory. In: Corsi, G., Chiara, M.L.D., Ghirardi, G.C. (eds) Bridging the Gap: Philosophy, Mathematics, and Physics. Boston Studies in the Philosophy of Science, vol 140. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-2496-6_12

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