Worlds in the Everett interpretation
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Publication:720495
DOI10.1016/S1355-2198(02)00032-1zbMATH Open1222.81089arXivquant-ph/0103092MaRDI QIDQ720495FDOQ720495
Publication date: 15 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)
Abstract: This is a discussion of how we can understand the world-view given to us by the Everett interpretation of quantum mechanics, and in particular the role played by the concept of `world'. The view presented is that we are entitled to use `many-worlds' terminology even if the theory does not specify the worlds in the formalism; this is defended by means of an extensive analogy with the concept of an `instant' or moment of time in relativity, with the lack of a preferred foliation of spacetime being compared with the lack of a preferred basis in quantum theory. Implications for identity of worlds over time, and for relativistic quantum mechanics, are discussed.
Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0103092
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