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تسجيل مستخدم جديدOn Relationalist Reconstructions of Quantum Theory
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Blake C. Stacey
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Why Im not happy with how Relational Quantum Mechanics has addressed the reconstruction of quantum theory, and why you shouldnt be either.
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