Self-locating Uncertainty and the Origin of Probability in Everettian Quantum Mechanics

DOI10.1093/bjps/axw004zbMath1400.81019arXiv1405.7577OpenAlexW3104664539MaRDI QIDQ4555020

Sean M. Carroll, Charles T. Sebens

Publication date: 19 November 2018

Published in: The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1405.7577

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Axioms; other general questions in probability (60A05) Quantum state spaces, operational and probabilistic concepts (81P16)

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