Uncertainty and probability for branching selves

DOI10.1016/J.SHPSB.2006.02.001MaRDI QIDQ643124zbMATHOpenAlexFDO

Authors Peter J. Lewis

Publication date 27 October 2011

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

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1016/j.shpsb.2006.02.001

zbMATH Keywords

uncertaintyprobabilityquantum mechanicsEverettmany worldspersonal identity

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

General and philosophical questions in quantum theory (81P05) Axioms; other general questions in probability (60A05)

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