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2017 | OriginalPaper | Chapter

Interpretations of QM with Applications for Formal Epistemology

Author : Bas C. van Fraassen

Published in: Quantum Interaction

Publisher: Springer International Publishing

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Abstract

Associated with the Copenhagen school, the External Observation View of quantum mechanics depicted a quantum state as evolving deterministically, but with interruptions when ‘collapsed’ by measurement interactions. I will point to an analogy with the doxastic state studied in epistemology, and show that this analogy suggests an application of the quantum mechanical formalism that leads to a proof of one solution of a central problem in formal epistemology. I will end with some critical remarks.

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Metadata
Title
Interpretations of QM with Applications for Formal Epistemology
Author
Bas C. van Fraassen
Copyright Year
2017
Book
Quantum Interaction

Print ISBN: 978-3-319-52288-3

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-319-52289-0

Copyright Year: 2017

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-52289-0_1

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