Strict Holism in a Quantum Superposition of Macroscopic States

J. Acacio de Barros, Patrick Suppes

Published 2000-03-14Version 1

We show that some N-particle quantum systems are holistic, such that the system is deterministic, whereas its parts are random. The total correlation is not sufficient to determine the probability distribution, showing a need for extra measurements. We propose a formal definition of holism not based on separability.