Myrvold, Wayne C. (2002) Relativistic Quantum Becoming. [Preprint]

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Abstract

In a recent paper, David Albert has suggested that no quantum theory can yield a description of the world unfolding in Minkowski spacetime. This conclusion is premature; a natural extension of Stein's notion of becoming in Minkowski spacetime to accommodate the demands of quantum nonseparability yields such an account, an account that is in accord with a proposal which was made by Aharonov and Albert but which is dismissed by Albert as a 'mere trick'. The nature of such an account is clarified by an extension to a relativistic quantum context of David Lewis' picture of objective chances evolving in time.

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Item Type:	Preprint
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID Myrvold, Wayne C.
Keywords:	Quantum Theory, Relativity, Time
Subjects:	Specific Sciences > Physics > Quantum Field Theory Specific Sciences > Physics > Quantum Mechanics
Depositing User:	Wayne C. Myrvold
Date Deposited:	23 Feb 2002
Last Modified:	07 Oct 2010 15:10
Item ID:	569
Subjects:	Specific Sciences > Physics > Quantum Field Theory Specific Sciences > Physics > Quantum Mechanics
Date:	2002
URI:	https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/569

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