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The Einstein–Bohr Debate: Finding a Common Ground of Understanding?

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After reminding the main issues at stake in the famous Einstein–Bohr debate initiated in 1935, we tentatively propose a way to get them closer, thus shedding a new light on this historical discussion.

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  1. Strangely enough, this experimental fact has been known all along, but the idea that the system’s properties should be defined independently from the context is so well entrenched that this plain fact has constantly been ignored. As we show here, its mere existence is decisive.

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The authors thank Alexia Auffèves for continuous contributions, and Franck Laloë & Roger Balian for many useful discussions.

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    Nayla Farouki

  2. Laboratoire Charles Fabry, IOGS, CNRS, Université Paris Saclay, 91127, Palaiseau, France

    Philippe Grangier

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Farouki, N., Grangier, P. The Einstein–Bohr Debate: Finding a Common Ground of Understanding?. Found Sci 26, 97–101 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10699-020-09716-7

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