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Interpreting Quantum TheoryThe Charge of Anthropocentrism

Interpreting Quantum Theory: The Charge of Anthropocentrism [Epistemic accounts of quantum states such as quantum Bayesianism and the Rule Perspective are formulated in terms of notions such as ‘agent’, ‘epistemic situation’, and ‘state assignment’, which are neither themselves fundamental physical notions nor in any evident way reducible to such notions. In the present section I discuss an objection to the employment of such ‘anthropocentric notions’ (as I will call them), which claims that they are far too vague and too imprecise to be used in foundational accounts.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

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Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan UK
Copyright
© Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2015
ISBN
978-1-349-49619-8
Pages
105 –112
DOI
10.1057/9781137447159_8
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Abstract

[Epistemic accounts of quantum states such as quantum Bayesianism and the Rule Perspective are formulated in terms of notions such as ‘agent’, ‘epistemic situation’, and ‘state assignment’, which are neither themselves fundamental physical notions nor in any evident way reducible to such notions. In the present section I discuss an objection to the employment of such ‘anthropocentric notions’ (as I will call them), which claims that they are far too vague and too imprecise to be used in foundational accounts.]

Published: Oct 24, 2015

Keywords: Quantum State; Quantum Theory; Epistemic Condition; Epistemic Situation; Born Rule

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