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View SchemaSome Worlds of Quantum Theory
| Authors | Jeremy Butterfield |
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| Categories | |
| ArXiv ID | quant-ph/0105052 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0105052 |
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).
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