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Measuring Position Probabilities (1980)
Book Chapter
Cartwright, N. (1980). Measuring Position Probabilities. In P. Suppes (Ed.), Studies in the Foundations of Quantum Mechanics. Philosophy of Science Association

Philosophy of Physics (1979)
Book Chapter
Cartwright, N. (1979). Philosophy of Physics. In P. Asquith, & H. Kyburg (Eds.), Current Research in Philosophy of Science: Proceedings of the PSA Critical Research Problems Conference. Philosophy of Science Association

A Non-Negative Wigner-Type Distribution (1975)
Journal Article
Cartwright, N. (1975). A Non-Negative Wigner-Type Distribution. Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, 83(1), 210-212. https://doi.org/10.1016/0378-4371%2876%2990145-x

The Wigner function, which is commonly used as a joint distribution for non-commuting observables, is shown to be non-negative in all quantum states when smoothed with a gaussian whose variances are greater than or equal to those of the minimum uncer... Read More about A Non-Negative Wigner-Type Distribution.

Correlations without joint distributions in quantum mechanics. (1974)
Journal Article
Cartwright, N. (1974). Correlations without joint distributions in quantum mechanics. Foundations of Physics, 4(1), 127-136. https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00708563

The use of joint distribution functions for noncommuting observables in quantum thermodynamics is investigated in the light of L. Cohen's proof that such distributions are not determined by the quantum state. Cohen's proof is irrelevant to uses of th... Read More about Correlations without joint distributions in quantum mechanics..