The nature of belief in no-collapse Everett interpretations
This chapter examines the role of human belief within an Everett no-collapse version of quantum mechanics. The claim that an observer of a measurement resulting in a superposition ends up being deceived about her own perceptual beliefs is considered. It is argued that, upon examination of the neural...
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| description | This chapter examines the role of human belief within an Everett no-collapse version of quantum mechanics. The claim that an observer of a measurement resulting in a superposition ends up being deceived about her own perceptual beliefs is considered. It is argued that, upon examination of the neural vehicles which comprise the belief eigenstates of the observer, as well as the intentional contents of these states, the observer will not in fact have the deceptive belief claimed for this interpretation of quantum mechanics. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:f4778871-fb4f-4cf9-bc38-c35cce7759122024-07-18T11:26:16ZThe nature of belief in no-collapse Everett interpretationsBook sectionhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_1843uuid:f4778871-fb4f-4cf9-bc38-c35cce775912EnglishSymplectic ElementsOxford University Press2022Skokowski, PGao, SThis chapter examines the role of human belief within an Everett no-collapse version of quantum mechanics. The claim that an observer of a measurement resulting in a superposition ends up being deceived about her own perceptual beliefs is considered. It is argued that, upon examination of the neural vehicles which comprise the belief eigenstates of the observer, as well as the intentional contents of these states, the observer will not in fact have the deceptive belief claimed for this interpretation of quantum mechanics. |
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