beable

Definitions

1. A surname.
2. anything that could possibly be, in particular in any of a number of superimposed quantum states

Examples

“1984 J. S. Bell: Beables for Quantum Field Theory CERN-TH.4035/84, In particular we will exclude⟳ the notion of “observable” in favour of that of “beable”. The beables of the theory are those elements which might correspond to elements of reality, to things which exist⟳. Their existence does not depend⟳ on “observation”. Indeed observation and observers must be made out of beables. I use⟳ the term “beable” rather than some more committed term like⟳ “being” or “beer” to recall⟳ the essentially tentative nature of any physical theory. Such a theory is at best a candidate for the description of nature. Terms like⟳ “being”, “beer”, “existent”, etc., would seem to me lacking in humility. In fact “beable” is short for “maybe-able”.”

“In line with the approach⟳ to value definiteness taken by modal interpretations, I will also not be requiring that the beables of a quantum system be the same from one quantum state of the system to another.”

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