Probability and nonlocality in many minds interpretations of quantum mechanics

Meir Hemmo; Itamar Pitowsky

doi:10.1093/bjps/54.2.225

Probability and nonlocality in many minds interpretations of quantum mechanics

Meir Hemmo, Itamar Pitowsky

Department of Philosophy

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We argue that certain types of many minds (and many worlds) interpretations of quantum mechanics, e.g. Lockwood ([1996a]), Deutsch ([1985]) do not provide a coherent interpretation of the quantum mechanical probabilistic algorithm. By contrast, in Albert and Loewer's ([1988]) version of the many minds interpretation, there is a coherent interpretation of the quantum mechanical probabilities. We consider Albert and Loewer's probability interpretation in the context of Bell-type and GHZ-type states and argue that it implies a certain (weak) form of nonlocality.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	225-243
Number of pages	19
Journal	British Journal for the Philosophy of Science
Volume	54
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/bjps/54.2.225
State	Published - Jun 2003

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We thank David Albert, Jeremy Butterfield, Barry Loewer, Matthew Donald, Simon Saunders, David Wallace and an anonymous referee for their comments. Itamar Pitowsky thanks the Israel Science Foundation for a grant which supports this research.

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