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View SchemaWhy Should we Interpret Quantum Mechanics?
| Authors | Louis Marchildon |
|---|---|
| Categories | |
| ArXiv ID | quant-ph/0405126 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0405126 |
| DOI | 10.1023/B:FOOP.0000044100.95918.b2 |
| Journal | Foundations of Physics 34 (2004) 1453-66 |
Abstract
The development of quantum information theory has renewed interest in the idea that the state vector does not represent the state of a quantum system, but rather the knowledge or information that we may have on the system. I argue that this epistemic view of states appears to solve foundational problems of quantum mechanics only at the price of being essentially incomplete.
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