On the Everettian epistemic problem

DOI10.1016/j.shpsb.2006.05.004zbMath1223.81029OpenAlexW1999890739MaRDI QIDQ643131

Hilary Greaves

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/2953/1/epistemic_problem.pdf

zbMATH Keywords

decision theoryprobabilityconfirmationEverett interpretation

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Decision theory (91B06) General and philosophical questions in quantum theory (81P05) Axioms; other general questions in probability (60A05)

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