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The Quantum Mechanics of Minds and Worlds

The Quantum Mechanics of Minds and Worlds

Barrett, Jeffrey A.

Paperback

PhilosophyHistory & Philosophy of SciencePhysics

ISBN10: 0199247439
ISBN13: 9780199247431
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: Nov 8 2001
Pages: 284
Weight: 0.82
Height: 0.74 Width: 5.68 Depth: 8.70
Language: English
This is an open access title. It is available to read and download as a free PDF version on Oxford Academic and is made available under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license.

Jeffrey Barrett presents the most comprehensive study yet of a problem that has puzzled physicists and philosophers since the 1930s. The standard theory of quantum mechanics is one of the most successful physical theories ever, predicting the behavior of the basic constituents of all physical things; no other theory has ever made such accurate empirical predictions. However, if one tries to understand the theory as a complete and accurate framework for the description of behavior of all physical interactions, it becomes evident that the theory is ambiguous, even logically inconsistent. To deal with this dilemma, in the 1950s, Hugh Everett III initiated the quantum measurement problem. Barrett gives a careful and challenging examination and evaluation of Everett's work and of

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