In defence of the self-location uncertainty account of probability in the many-worlds interpretation

DOI10.1016/j.shpsb.2018.10.003zbMath1414.81030OpenAlexW2785445657WikidataQ128818262 ScholiaQ128818262MaRDI QIDQ2420723

Kelvin J. McQueen, Lev Vaidman

Publication date: 6 June 2019

Published in: Studies in History and Philosophy of Science. Part B. Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: http://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/14389/1/defence-location-uncertainty.pdf

zbMATH Keywords

Born probability ruleworld's amplitude

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

General and philosophical questions in quantum theory (81P05) Relativistic cosmology (83F05) Quantum measurement theory, state operations, state preparations (81P15) Physics (00A79)

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