Tappenden, Paul (2009) Evidence and Uncertainty in Everett's Multiverse. [Preprint]

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I endorse the view that it may be of no relevance to the acceptability of the Everett interpretation of quantum mechanics as a physical theory whether or not an informed observer can be uncertain about the outcome of a quantum measurement prior to its having occurred. However, I suggest that the very possibility of post-measurement, pre-observation uncertainty has an essential role to play in both confirmation theory and decision theory in a branching universe. This is supported by arguments which do not appeal to Van Fraassen’s Reflection Principle.

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Item Type:	Preprint
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID Tappenden, Paul
Additional Information:	This is the final version of the paper which has been accepted by the British Journal for the Philosophy of Science for publication in 2010.
Keywords:	Everett, many-worlds, probability, personal fission
Subjects:	Specific Sciences > Physics > Quantum Mechanics
Depositing User:	paul tappenden
Date Deposited:	16 Dec 2009
Last Modified:	07 Oct 2010 15:19
Item ID:	5046
Subjects:	Specific Sciences > Physics > Quantum Mechanics
Date:	December 2009
URI:	https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/5046

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