The emergence and interpretation of probability in Bohmian mechanics

DOI10.1016/J.SHPSB.2006.08.004zbMath1223.81021OpenAlexW2091687849MaRDI QIDQ643118

Craig Callender

Publication date: 27 October 2011

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/4263/1/Probability.pdf

zbMATH Keywords

probabilitystatistical mechanicsBohmBorn's ruledeBroglie

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

General and philosophical questions in quantum theory (81P05) Axioms; other general questions in probability (60A05) Physics (00A79)

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