Finding the world in the wave function: some strategies for solving the macro-object problem

DOI10.1007/s11229-017-1349-4zbMath1506.81015OpenAlexW2276159354MaRDI QIDQ2690178

Alyssa Ney

Publication date: 15 March 2023

Published in: Synthese (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11229-017-1349-4

zbMATH Keywords

entanglementwave functioninterpretation of quantum mechanicswave function realism

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

General and philosophical questions in quantum theory (81P05) Quantum coherence, entanglement, quantum correlations (81P40)

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