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The concepts of complementarity and entanglement are considered with respect to their significance in and beyond physics. A formally generalized, weak version of quantum theory, more general than ordinary quantum theory of physical systems, is outlined and tentatively applied to two examples.
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Institut für Grenzgebiete der Psychologie und Psychohygiene, Wilhelmstr. 3a, D-79098, Freiburg, Germany
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Max-Planck-Institut für extraterrestrische Physik, D-85740, Garching, Germany
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Institut für Physik, Universität Freiburg, Hermann-Herder-Str. 3, D-79104, Freiburg, Germany
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Atmanspacher, H., Römer, H. & Walach, H. Weak Quantum Theory: Complementarity and Entanglement in Physics and Beyond.Foundations of Physics32, 379–406 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1014809312397
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