Saunders and Wallace on Everett and Lewis
Tappenden, Paul (2007) Saunders and Wallace on Everett and Lewis.
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Abstract
Simon Saunders and David Wallace are attempting to use a modified form of David Lewis's analysis of personal fission to support the thought that prior to undergoing Everett branching an informed subject can be uncertain about which outcome s/he will observe. I argue that the seductive appeal of the idea is an illusion arising out of failure to distinguish between the provenance and reference of the relevant observers’ utterances.
| Commentary on: | Saunders, Simon and Wallace, David (2007) Branching and Uncertainty. |
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| EPrint Type: | Other |
| Keywords: | saunders wallace everett lewis many-worlds identity uncertainty branching |
| Subjects: | Specific Sciences: Physics: Quantum Mechanics |
| Conferences and Volumes: | [2007] 15th UK and European Meeting on the Foundations of Physics (Leeds, 29-31 March 2007) |
| ID Code: | 3388 |
| Deposited By: | tappenden, paul |
| Deposited On: | 22 June 2007 |
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