Some Worlds of Quantum Theory (2002)
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| Venue: | Quantum Physics and Divine Action |
| Citations: | 4 - 0 self |
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@INPROCEEDINGS{Butterfield02someworlds,
author = {Jeremy Butterfield},
title = {Some Worlds of Quantum Theory},
booktitle = {Quantum Physics and Divine Action},
year = {2002},
pages = {111--140},
publisher = {Vatican Observatory Publications}
}
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Abstract: This paper assesses the Everettian approach to the measurement problem, especially the version of that approach advocated by Simon Saunders and David Wallace. I emphasise conceptual, indeed metaphysical, aspects rather than technical ones; but I include an introductory exposition of decoherence. In particular, I discuss whether---as these authors maintain---it is acceptable to have no precise definition of ‘branch ’ (in the Everettian kind of sense). (A version of this paper will appear in a CTNS/Vatican Observatory volume on Quantum Theory and Divine Action, ed. Robert Russell et al.) 1.
