Language use in a branching Universe

Wallace, David (2005) Language use in a branching Universe.

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Abstract

I investigate the consequences for semantics, and in particular for the semantics of tense, if time is assumed to have a branching structure not out of metaphysical necessity (to solve some philosophical problem) but just as a contingent physical fact, as is suggested by a currently-popular approach to the interpretation of quantum mechanics.

Keywords:	Quantum mechanics Everett interpretation Time
Subjects:	Specific Sciences: Physics: Quantum Mechanics
ID Code:	2554
Deposited By:	Wallace, David
Deposited On:	09 December 2005