Pure wave mechanics and the very idea of empirical adequacy

DOI10.1007/S11229-015-0698-0MaRDI QIDQ513951zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Jeffrey A. Barrett

Publication date 8 March 2017

Published in Synthese (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1007/s11229-015-0698-0

zbMATH Keywords

many worldspure wave mechanicsempirical adequacyempirical coherenceempirical faithfulnessEverett's relative state formulation of quantum mechanics

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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