Comments on the Paper of David Sharp Hilary Putnam Philosophy of Science, Vol. 28, No. 3. (Jul., 1961), pp. 234-237. Stable URL: http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0031-8248%28196107%2928%3A3%3C234%3ACOTPOD%3E2.0.CO%3B2-6 Philosophy of Science is currently published by The University of Chicago Press.
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DISCUSSION
COMMENTS ON TME PAPER OF DAVID SHARP HILARY P U T N A M
Mr. Sharp's resolution of the Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen paradox is, in my opinion, the right one. However, the resolution does not in my opinion show that "God's in his heaven; all's right with the world (quantum mechanics)." This is in no way a criticism of Sharp ; rather, it is inevitable that any resolution of this paradox, dealing as it does with the quantum mechanical concept of