“Wave-Packet Reduction” and the Quantum Character of the Actualization of Potentia
Werner Heisenberg introduced the notion of quantum potentia in order to accommodate the indeterminism associated with quantum measurement. Potentia captures the capacity of the system to be found to possess a property upon a corresponding sharp measurement in which it is actualized. The specific pot...
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MDPI AG
2017-09-01
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| Series: | Entropy |
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| Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/1099-4300/19/10/513 |