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The question as to whether counterfactual definiteness, in some form, and however disguised, is needed to formulate any version of Bell’s theorem is crucial to our understanding of the nature of quantum non-locality. If the answer can be shown to be “yes,” then the formulation of Bell’s theorem in an indeterministic universe (such as this one may be) is not possible. It is argued here that the answer depends on one’s approach to the measurement problem.
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Bedford, D. (1994). CFD or not CFD? That is the Question. In: van der Merwe, A., Garuccio, A. (eds) Waves and Particles in Light and Matter. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-2550-9_40
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