Journal article
Observing a superposition
- Abstract:
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The bare theory is a no-collapse version of quantum mechanics which predicts certain puzzling results for the introspective beliefs of human observers of superpositions. The bare theory can be interpreted to claim that an observer can form false beliefs about the outcome of an experiment which produces a superpositional result. It is argued that, when careful consideration is given to the observer’s belief states and their evolution, the observer does not end up with the beliefs claimed. This...
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- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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Bibliographic Details
- Publisher:
- Springer Publisher's website
- Journal:
- Synthese Journal website
- Volume:
- 199
- Pages:
- 7107-7129
- Publication date:
- 2021-04-23
- Acceptance date:
- 2021-02-27
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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1573-0964
- ISSN:
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0039-7857
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- Language:
- English
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- Pubs id:
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1201470
- Local pid:
- pubs:1201470
- Deposit date:
- 2021-10-12
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- Copyright holder:
- Paul Skokowski
- Copyright date:
- 2021
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- CC Attribution (CC BY)
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