Vaidman, Lev (2014) Quantum Theory and Determinism. [Preprint]

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Historically, appearance of the quantum theory led to a prevailing view that Nature is indeterministic. The arguments for the indeterminism and proposals for indeterministic and deterministic approaches are reviewed. These include collapse theories, Bohmian Mechanics and the many-worlds interpretation. It is argued that ontic interpretations of the quantum wave function provide simpler and clearer physical explanation and that the many-worlds interpretation is the most attractive since it provides a deterministic and local theory for our physical Universe explaining the illusion of randomness and nonlocality in the world we experience.

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Item Type:	Preprint
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID Vaidman, Lev vaidman@post.tau.ac.il
Keywords:	Determinism, many-worlds interpretation, Bohmian mechanics, wave function ontology, collapse theories, quantum nonlocality, quantum probability, quantum paradoxes
Subjects:	General Issues > Determinism/Indeterminism Specific Sciences > Probability/Statistics Specific Sciences > Physics > Quantum Mechanics General Issues > Realism/Anti-realism
Depositing User:	Prof. Lev Vaidman
Date Deposited:	18 May 2014 15:17
Last Modified:	18 May 2014 15:17
Item ID:	10684
Subjects:	General Issues > Determinism/Indeterminism Specific Sciences > Probability/Statistics Specific Sciences > Physics > Quantum Mechanics General Issues > Realism/Anti-realism
Date:	17 May 2014
URI:	https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/10684

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