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De Rerum (Incerta) Natura: A Tentative Approach to the Concept of “Quantum-like”

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Studium Patavinum, Department of Neurosciences, University of Padua, 35128 Padova, Italy
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Institute Franco Granone, Italian Center of Clinical & Experimental Hypnosis, 10143 Turin, Italy
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Department of Medicine, University of Padua, 35128 Padova, Italy
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Transmutex, 1214 Geneva, Switzerland
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Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Symmetry 2022, 14(3), 480; https://doi.org/10.3390/sym14030480
Submission received: 7 December 2021 / Revised: 18 January 2022 / Accepted: 22 February 2022 / Published: 26 February 2022

Abstract

In recent years, the term “quantum-like” has been increasingly used in different disciplines, including neurosciences, psychological and socio-economical disciplines, claiming that some investigated phenomena show “something” in common with quantum processes and, therefore, they can be modeled using a sort of quantum formalism. Thus, the increasing use of the term “quantum-like” calls for defining and sharing its meaning in order to adopt it properly and avoid possible misuse. There is a fil rouge linking both pre-Socratic and Eastern philosophies and quantum physics, suggesting an epistemological symmetry between them. In our opinion, the concept of “quantum-like” may be successfully applied to macroscopic phenomena and empirical sciences other than physics when the following two conditions are satisfied: (a) the behavior of the investigated phenomena show logical analogies with quantum phenomena; (b) it is possible to find a criterion of truth based on an experiential/scientific approach applied to a probabilistic model of description of the phenomena. This is only a first small step in the approach to the concept of “quantum-like”, which will hopefully be helpful in promoting further discussion and achieving a better definition.
Keywords: quantum physics; quantum-like; epistemology; neurosciences; biology; psychology; social sciences quantum physics; quantum-like; epistemology; neurosciences; biology; psychology; social sciences

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Facco, E.; Fracas, F. De Rerum (Incerta) Natura: A Tentative Approach to the Concept of “Quantum-like”. Symmetry 2022, 14, 480. https://doi.org/10.3390/sym14030480

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Facco E, Fracas F. De Rerum (Incerta) Natura: A Tentative Approach to the Concept of “Quantum-like”. Symmetry. 2022; 14(3):480. https://doi.org/10.3390/sym14030480

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Facco, Enrico, and Fabio Fracas. 2022. "De Rerum (Incerta) Natura: A Tentative Approach to the Concept of “Quantum-like”" Symmetry 14, no. 3: 480. https://doi.org/10.3390/sym14030480

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Facco, E., & Fracas, F. (2022). De Rerum (Incerta) Natura: A Tentative Approach to the Concept of “Quantum-like”. Symmetry, 14(3), 480. https://doi.org/10.3390/sym14030480

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