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Attempts to set up on an axiomatic basis an abstract ‘theory of measurement’ in quantum mechanics lead to imaginary difficulties and suggest speculations about non-physical effects which have no objective justification.
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Cohen, R.S., Stachel, J.J. (1979). Questions of Method in the Consistency Problem of Quantum Mechanics [1968f]. In: Cohen, R.S., Stachel, J.J. (eds) Selected Papers of Léon Rosenfeld. Boston Studies in the Philosophy of Science, vol 21. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-9349-5_41
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