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Common Experience and Quantum Theory

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Part of the book series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy of Science ((BSPS,volume 215))

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By Classical Physics we usually mean the physics that was developed before the formulation of Quantum Theory or that works in that same conceptual framework.

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Prosperi, G.M. (2000). Common Experience and Quantum Theory. In: Agazzi, E., Pauri, M. (eds) The Reality of the Unobservable. Boston Studies in the Philosophy of Science, vol 215. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-9391-5_26

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