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Probability in the Everett Interpretation
Author(s) -
Greaves Hilary
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
philosophy compass
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.973
H-Index - 25
ISSN - 1747-9991
DOI - 10.1111/j.1747-9991.2006.00054.x
Subject(s) - prima facie , sketch , interpretation (philosophy) , decision theory , epistemology , computer science , interpretations of quantum mechanics , state (computer science) , philosophy , quantum , mathematics , physics , quantum mechanics , algorithm , linguistics , statistics , quantum process , quantum dynamics
The Everett (many‐worlds) interpretation of quantum mechanics faces a prima facie problem concerning quantum probabilities. Research in this area has been fast‐paced over the last few years, following a controversial suggestion by David Deutsch that decision theory can solve the problem. This article provides a non‐technical introduction to the decision‐theoretic program, and a sketch of the current state of the debate.