Do dynamical reduction models imply that arithmetic does not apply to ordinary macroscopic objects

Citation
G. Ghirardi et A. Bassi, Do dynamical reduction models imply that arithmetic does not apply to ordinary macroscopic objects, BR J PHIL S, 50(1), 1999, pp. 49-64
Citations number
25
Categorie Soggetti
Multidisciplinary,Multidisciplinary,Philosiphy
Journal title
BRITISH JOURNAL FOR THE PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE
ISSN journal
00070882 → ACNP
Volume
50
Issue
1
Year of publication
1999
Pages
49 - 64
Database
ISI
SICI code
0007-0882(199903)50:1<49:DDRMIT>2.0.ZU;2-L
Abstract
We analyse a recent paper in which an alleged devastating criticism of the so called GRW proposal to account for the objectification of the properties of macroscopic systems has been presented and we show that the author has not taken into account the precise implications of the GRW theory. This fac t makes his conclusions basically wrong. We also perform a survey of measur ement theory aimed to focus better on the physical and the conceptual aspec ts of the so-called macro-objectification problem.