Gao, Shan (2023) A no-go result for QBism. Foundations of Physics, 51 (103). ISSN 1572-9516

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In QBism the wave function does not represent an element of physical reality external to the agent, but represent an agent's personal probability assignments, reflecting his subjective degrees of belief about the future content of his experience. In this paper, I argue that this view of the wave function is not consistent with protective measurements. The argument does not rely on the realist assumption of the ψ-ontology theorems, namely the existence of the underlying ontic state of a quantum system.

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Item Type:	Published Article or Volume
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID Gao, Shan sgao7319@uni.sydney.edu.au
Keywords:	QBism; wave function; degrees of belief; protective measurements; psi-ontology theorems
Subjects:	Specific Sciences > Probability/Statistics Specific Sciences > Physics > Quantum Mechanics General Issues > Realism/Anti-realism
Depositing User:	Prof. Shan Gao
Date Deposited:	07 Mar 2023 15:03
Last Modified:	07 Mar 2023 15:03
Item ID:	21845
Journal or Publication Title:	Foundations of Physics
Publisher:	Springer
Official URL:	https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10701-0...
Subjects:	Specific Sciences > Probability/Statistics Specific Sciences > Physics > Quantum Mechanics General Issues > Realism/Anti-realism
Date:	7 March 2023
Volume:	51
Number:	103
ISSN:	1572-9516
URI:	https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/21845

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