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    "abstract": "This paper is the answer to the paper by Kastner [Found. Phys., to be\npublished, quant-ph/9807037] in which she continued the criticism of the\ncounterfactual usage of the Aharonov-Bergman-Lebowitz rule in the framework of\nthe time-symmetrized quantum theory, in particular, by analyzing the three-box\n``paradox\u0027\u0027. It is argued that the criticism is not sound. Paradoxical features\nof the three-box example has been explained. It is explained that the elements\nof reality in the framework of time-symmetrized quantum theory are\ncounterfactual statements and, therefore, even conflicting elements of reality\ncan be associated with a single particle. It is shown how such\n``counterfactual\u0027\u0027 elements of reality can be useful in the analysis of a\nphysical experiment (the three-box example). The validity of Kastner\u0027s\napplication of the consistent histories approach to the time-symmetrized\ncounterfactuals is questioned.",
    "arxiv_id": "quant-ph/9903095",
    "authors": [
      "L. Vaidman"
    ],
    "categories": [
      "quant-ph"
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    "journal_ref": "Found.Phys. 29 (1999) 865-876",
    "title": "The Meaning of Elements of Reality and Quantum Counterfactuals -- Reply   to Kastner",
    "url": "https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/9903095"
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