Epistemic horizons from deterministic laws: lessons from a nomic toy theory.

Quantum theory has an epistemic horizon, i.e. exact values cannot be assigned simultaneously to incompatible physical quantities. As shown by Spekkens’ toy theory, positing an epistemic horizon akin to Heisenberg’s uncertainty principle in a classical mechanical setting also leads to a plethora of q...

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Published in:Synthese Vol. 205; no. 4; pp. 1 - 39
Main Authors: Fankhauser, Johannes, Gonda, Tomáš, De les Coves, Gemma
Format: Article
Published: Springer Nature Apr2025
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