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On schizophrenic experiences of the neutron or why we should believe in the many-worlds interpretation of quantum theory
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This is a philosophical paper in favor of the many‐worlds interpretation (MWI) of quantum theory. The necessity of introducing many worlds is explained by analyzing a neutron interference experiment. The concept of the “measure of existence of a world” is introduced and some difficulties with the issue of probability in the framework of the MWI are resolved.
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“The only way to introduce ignorance is to apply a 'sleeping pill' trick [3] which leads to a situation in which an observer splits according to the outcome of the measurement without being aware of the outcome.”
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“The justification is very different: we care for all future parallel worlds according to their 'measure of existence' [3, 7] which is proportional to the objective probabilities of the corresponding possible collapsing worlds.”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Vaidman, L.
- Venue
- International Studies in the Philosophy of Science
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 1998-10
- Volume
- 12
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 245-261
- ISSN
- 0269-8595 (ISSN-L)
- 1469-9281
- OpenAlex
- W1973893525
- Semantic Scholar
- 1d5661e907bfab416f6cbef033147f70fdf046fe
- Cited by
- 199
- References
- 44
- Citations by year
- 2026: 7 · 2025: 7 · 2024: 7 · 2023: 12 · 2022: 7 · 2021: 8 · 2020: 6 · 2019: 5 · 2018: 8 · 2017: 8 · 2016: 20 · 2015: 7 · 2014: 9 · 2013: 3 · 2012: 3
- FWCI
- 2.45
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- International Studies in the Philosophy of Science (publishedVersion)
- arXiv (Cornell University) (submittedVersion)
- CERN Document Server (European Organization for Nuclear Research) (submittedVersion)
- arXiv (Cornell University)
- Funders
- Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics › Quantum Mechanics and Applications
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Philosophy › Philosophy and Theoretical Science
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › History and Philosophy of Science › Philosophy of Biology and Scientific Explanation
- Keywords
- many-worlds interpretation, quantum mechanics, probability in quantum mechanics, interpretation of quantum mechanics
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