Brown, Harvey R. (2011) Curious and sublime: the connection between uncertainty and probability in physics. [Preprint]
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Abstract
From its first significant appearance in physics, the notion of probability has been linked in the minds of physicists with the notion of uncertainty. But the link may prove to be tenuous, if quantum mechanics, construed in terms of the Everett interpretation, is anything to go by.
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| Additional Information: | To appear in 2011 in a special issue of Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A, dedicated to Handling Uncertainty in Science, P. Hardaker and T. Palmer (eds.). |
| Keywords: | uncertainty, probability, statistical mechanics, quantum mechanics, Everett interpretation |
| Subjects: | General Issues > Confirmation/Induction Specific Sciences > Probability/Statistics Specific Sciences > Physics > Quantum Mechanics Specific Sciences > Physics > Statistical Mechanics/Thermodynamics |
| Depositing User: | Harvey R Brown |
| Date Deposited: | 15 Apr 2011 10:27 |
| Last Modified: | 15 Apr 2011 10:27 |
| Item ID: | 8571 |
| URI: | http://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/8571 |
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