...Isaac Wilhelm In Section II, I formulate a complete theory of probability in the Everett interpretation: I introduce the specific version of that interpretation on which I will focus, I propose an account of the Born rule that invokes centered chances, and I analyze centered chances by using...

... is to explain how the cat can be considered to end up either definitely alive or definitely dead if the final state is an entangled state of the radioactive atom and the cat. This chapter discusses Bohm’s theory and the Everett interpretation as solutions to the measurement problem. The Everett interpretation...

... philosophical problems posed by the Everett interpretation: should someone expecting to undergo quantum-mechanical branching be uncertain about the result of that branching? And how are we to think about identity over time — for people, for objects, and for whole branches — in the face of continual, persistent...

... experiments if the Everett interpretation of quantum mechanics is true. If the Everettian interpretation can make sense of nonextreme degrees of belief about quantum outcomes to begin with, then CLF provides plausible results about how those degrees of belief should update over time. Sleeping Beauty Problem...

... that corresponds to it.)’ Wittgenstein ( 1958 ) Quantum teleportation entanglement-assisted communication simulation fallacy Jozsa, R Penrose, R Deutsch, D Hayden, P Duwell, A Everett interpretation de Broglie-Bohm theory Bennett C H entanglement quantum no cloning noun object particular...

... Maudlin Tim The Born rule Quantum mechanics direction of time non-existent objects Everett interpretation One of the hardest questions in fundamental physics and fundamental metaphysics is this: what exists at the fundamental level of reality? There is no consensus in contemporary physics...

... Laws of Nature Lorentz invariance Maxwell James Newton Issac Ontic structural realism Ontology Planck’s constant Worrall John Miller David Price Huw Realism Wharton Ken Everett interpretation Many Worlds interpretation McKenzie Kerry Measurement in quantum theory Probability...

... theorem deformed special relativity kappa Minkowski space time Lorentz invariance violation non commutative geometry decoherence pointer states density matrix reduced Everett interpretation Euclidean vacuum inflationary universe WKB time arrow of time Olbers’ paradox Sommerfeld radiation...

... bodies. It is argued that there remain ‘explanatory gaps’ in all such cases, and that these are likely to be particularly acute in the case of the Everett interpretation. References Chalmers, D. [ 1996 ], The Conscious Mind , Oxford University Press, Oxford. Dennett, D...

...This interlude considers, in dialog form, various objections and responses to the Everett interpretation, and in particular to the view developed in chapters 1–3 of of this book. (Problems of probability are not considered.) Davies P Deutsch D incredulous stare Lewis D Sceptic the testability...

...This chapter begins my discussion of probability — generally held to be the most severe difficulty for the Everett interpretation. The chapter argues that since mathematically speaking probability has a natural place in the Everett interpretation, any ‘probability problem’ is philosophical...

...This interlude considers, in dialog form, various objections and responses to Everett interpretation based on concerns of probability, further exploring the position developed in chapters 4–6 of this book. Albert D Sceptic the Everett interpretation many worlds probability in quantum theory Do...

...Figure 8.1. Schematic representation of spacetime branching Figure 8.2. Schematic representation of spacelike separated measurements How is the microscopic ontology of quantum mechanics to be understood according to the Everett interpretation? And how, in particular, are we to understand...

... of other philosophical and conceptual consequences of the Everett interpretation: the popular-science idea that chaos theory makes the future sensitively dependent upon our present actions; some exotic situations involving quantum probability, such as the infamous ‘quantum suicide’ thought experiment...

... branching in time, all of which are real. The result is the many worlds theory, also known as the Everett interpretation of quantum mechanics. The contrary claim sees this picture of many worlds as in no sense inherent in quantum mechanics, even when the latter is allowed unrestricted scope and even given...

...This chapter examines the Everett interpretation of quantum mechanics, or the many-worlds interpretation. It analyzes problems that have been raised for the Everett interpretation, including the problem of providing a preferred basis and the probability problem. The chapter argues...

... approach to science or to quantum theory itself. In this context, the Everett interpretation is introduced and motivated as the result of simply applying our normal approach to scientific theories to the mathematical structure of quantum mechanics and following where it leads. The chapter ends...

... interpretation Everett interpretation relative state interpretation quantum perspectivalism EPR and covariance Wigner’s friend Frauchiger-Renner experiment Quantum mechanics as it emerged in the 1920s and 1930s assigned an essential role to the concept of measurement. In von Neumann’s...

...The aim of this chapter is to explain how the ‘many worlds’ of the Everett interpretation can emerge from the underlying physics of quantum theory, without being put in by hand at the microscopic level. The discussion is conceptually focussed: in the main the chapter is concerned with sketching...