On the Everettian epistemic problem
Greaves, Hilary (2007) On the Everettian epistemic problem.
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Abstract
Recent work in the Everett interpretation has suggested that the problem of probability can be solved by understanding probability in terms of rationality. However, there are *two* problems relating to probability in Everett --- one practical, the other epistemic --- and the rationality-based program *directly* addresses only the practical problem. One might therefore worry that the problem of probability is only `half solved' by this approach. This paper aims to dispel that worry: a solution to the epistemic problem follows from the rationality-based solution to the practical problem.
| Keywords: | Everett interpretation; many worlds; quantum mechanics |
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| Subjects: | General Issues: Decision Theory General Issues: Confirmation/Induction Specific Sciences: Physics: Quantum Mechanics |
| ID Code: | 2953 |
| Deposited By: | Greaves, Hilary |
| Deposited On: | 09 October 2006 |
| Additional Information: | Forthcoming in Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics. |