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Bell’s work is placed in historical context; it represents one tradition within a much wider set of diverging traditions stemming from the debates between Bohr and Einstein. Bell’s theorem and responses are presented and critically reviewed. It is argued that none of the latter succeed in advancing physical understanding beyond the original debates. The paper closes by returning to the original issues, but in an enlarged conceptual and research setting.
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Hooker, C.A. (1989). Bell, Book and Candle: The Limning of a Mystery. In: Kafatos, M. (eds) Bell’s Theorem, Quantum Theory and Conceptions of the Universe. Fundamental Theories of Physics, vol 37. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-0849-4_40
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