The emergent multiverse : quantum theory according to the Everett Interpretation /

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Hoofdauteur: Wallace, David
Formaat: Boek
Taal:English
Gepubliceerd in: Oxford, U.K. : Oxford University Press ; 2014.
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245 1 4 |a The emergent multiverse :  |b quantum theory according to the Everett Interpretation /  |c David Wallace. 
260 |a Oxford, U.K. :  |b Oxford University Press ;  |c 2014. 
300 |a xv, 530 pages :  |b illustrations ;  |c 23 cm. 
505 0 |a Introduction -- Part I. The Plurality of Worlds -- The paradox of measurement -- The emergence of multiplicity -- Chaos, decoherence, and branching -- First interlude -- Part II. Probability in a Branching Universe -- The probability puzzle -- Symmetry, rationality, and the born rule -- Everettian statistical inference -- Second interlude -- Part III. Quantum Mechanics, Everett Style -- Uncertainty, possibility, and identity -- Spacetime and the quantum state -- The directuibs of branching and the direction of time -- A cornucopia of Everttian consequences -- Conclusion -- Epilogue -- Appendices -- A. Proof of the branching-decoherence theorem -- B. Classical decision theory -- C. Formal proofs of decision-theoretic results -- D. Proof of the utility equivalence lemma. 
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