Tappenden, Paul (2008) Saunders and Wallace on Everett and Lewis. [Preprint]
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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 a central assumption of this seductive idea is questionable despite appearing innocuous and that at the very least further argument is needed in support of it.
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Item Type: | Preprint | ||||||
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Commentary on: | Saunders, Simon and Wallace, David (2008) Branching and Uncertainty. [Preprint] | ||||||
Additional Information: | This replaces the paper deposited 22 June 07 and responds to the version of Saunders' and Wallace's paper deposited 10 January 08. It is forthcoming in the British Journal for the Philosophy of Science. | ||||||
Keywords: | Everett, Saunders, Wallace, Lewis, branching, uncertainty, | ||||||
Subjects: | Specific Sciences > Physics > Quantum Mechanics | ||||||
Depositing User: | paul tappenden | ||||||
Date Deposited: | 25 Jan 2008 | ||||||
Last Modified: | 07 Oct 2010 15:16 | ||||||
Item ID: | 3848 | ||||||
Subjects: | Specific Sciences > Physics > Quantum Mechanics | ||||||
Date: | January 2008 | ||||||
URI: | https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/3848 |
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Saunders and Wallace on Everett and Lewis. (deposited 22 Jun 2007)
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Branching and Uncertainty. (deposited 10 Jan 2008)
- Tappenden, Paul Varieties of Divergence: A Response to Saunders and Wallace. (deposited 01 Jun 2010)
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