The logic of experimental tests, particularly of Everettian quantum theory

DOI10.1016/J.SHPSB.2016.06.001zbMATH Open1348.81038arXiv1508.02048OpenAlexW2963111123MaRDI QIDQ333944FDOQ333944

Authors: David Deutsch 

Publication date: 31 October 2016

Published in: Studies in History and Philosophy of Science. Part B. Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Claims that the standard methodology of scientific testing is inapplicable to Everettian quantum theory, and hence that the theory is untestable, are due to misconceptions about probability and about the logic of experimental testing. Refuting those claims by correcting those misconceptions leads to various simplifications, notably the elimination of everything probabilistic from fundamental physics (stochastic processes) and from the methodology of testing ('Bayesian' credences).

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1508.02048

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zbMATH Keywords

testabilityprobabilityEverettian quantum theoryPopperian methodology

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Physics (00A79) General and philosophical questions in quantum theory (81P05) Quantum measurement theory, state operations, state preparations (81P15)

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