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View SchemaQuantum Probability from Decision Theory?
| Authors | H. Barnum, C. M. Caves, J. Finkelstein, C. A. Fuchs, R. Schack |
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| ArXiv ID | quant-ph/9907024 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/9907024 |
| DOI | 10.1098/rspa.2000.0557 |
| Journal | Proc.Roy.Soc.Lond. A456 (2000) 1175-1182 |
Abstract
In a recent paper (quant-ph/9906015), Deutsch claims to derive the "probabilistic predictions of quantum theory" from the "non-probabilistic axioms of quantum theory" and the "non-probabilistic part of classical decision theory." We show that his derivation fails because it includes hidden probabilistic assumptions.
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