Dieks' Realistic Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics: A Comment
Barnum, Howard (1990) Dieks' Realistic Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics: A Comment.
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Abstract
D. Dieks has proposed a semantical rule which he claims yields a realistic interpretation of the formalism of quantum mechanics without the projection postulate. I argue that his proposal is unacceptable because it violates a natural requirement of psychophysical parallelism. His "semantical rule" is not an acceptable interpretive rule because it does not identify structures in the theory with structures in our experience, but postulates a merely probabilistic relationship between the two. Dieks' interpretation is contrasted with Everett's relative state interpretation, which attempts the same task but respects psychophysical parallelism.
| Keywords: | quantum mechanics modal interpretation Dieks probabilities psychophysical parallelism |
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| Subjects: | Specific Sciences: Physics: Quantum Mechanics |
| ID Code: | 2649 |
| Deposited By: | Barnum, Howard |
| Deposited On: | 09 March 2006 |
| Additional Information: | Unpublished 1990 preprint, has seen some limited circulation since then. |
| Alternative Locations: | http://www.ukiyoart.com/physics/dieks.pdf |