Primacy of Quantum Logic in the Natural World
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Quantum theory, Quantum logic, Quantum cognitionAbstract
This paper presents evidence from the fields of cognitive science and quantum information theory suggesting quantum theory to be the dominant fundamental logic in the natural world, in direct challenge to the long-held assumption that quantum logic only need be considered ‘in the quantum realm.' A summary of the evolution of quantum logic and quantum theory is presented, along with an overview for the necessity of incomplete quantum knowledge, and some representative aspects of quantum logic. A case can be made that classical logic and theory is a subset of quantum logic and theory, given that elements of quantum physics exist that can never admit classical understanding, including: Bell's theorem, Hardy's theorem, and the Pusey-Barrett-Rudolph theorem. Support can be found for the primacy of quantum logic in the natural world in the cognitive sciences, where recent research studies recognize quantum logic in studies of: the subconscious, decisions involving unknown interconnected variables, memory, and question sequencing.Downloads
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29-11-2015
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Larson, C. S. (2015). Primacy of Quantum Logic in the Natural World. Cosmos and History: The Journal of Natural and Social Philosophy, 11(2), 326–340. Retrieved from https://cosmosandhistory.org/index.php/journal/article/view/515
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