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It is often argued that the quantum mechanical association of observables with selfadjoint operators is a straightforward generalization of the notion of classical observable, and that quantum theory should be no more conceptually problematic than classical physics once this is appreciated.
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Dürr, D., Goldstein, S., Zanghì, N. (2013). Quantum Equilibrium and the Role of Operators as Observables in Quantum Theory. In: Quantum Physics Without Quantum Philosophy. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-30690-7_3
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