Authors |
|
Abstract |
GRW Theory postulates a stochastic mechanism assuring that every so often the wave function of a quantum system is `hit', which leaves it in a localised state. How are we to interpret the probabilities built into this mechanism? GRW theory is a firmly realist proposal and it is therefore clear that these probabilities are objective probabilities (i.e. chances). A discussion of the major theories of chance leads us to the conclusion that GRW probabilities can be understood only as either single case propensities or Humean objective chances. Although single case propensities have some intuitive appeal in the context of GRW theory, on balance it seems that Humean objective chances are preferable on conceptual grounds because single case propensities suffer from various well know problems such as unlimited frequency tolerance and lack of a rationalisation of the principal principle.
|
Keywords | No keywords specified (fix it) |
Categories | (categorize this paper) |
DOI | 10.1016/j.shpsb.2006.12.002 |
Options |
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Download options
References found in this work BETA
A Subjectivist’s Guide to Objective Chance.David K. Lewis - 1980 - In Richard C. Jeffrey (ed.), Studies in Inductive Logic and Probability, Volume II. Berkeley: University of California Press. pp. 263-293.
View all 45 references / Add more references
Citations of this work BETA
Analytic Metaphysics Versus Naturalized Metaphysics: The Relevance of Applied Ontology.Baptiste Le Bihan & Adrien Barton - 2021 - Erkenntnis 86 (1):21-37.
The Modal Nature of Structures in Ontic Structural Realism.Michael Esfeld - 2009 - International Studies in the Philosophy of Science 23 (2):179 – 194.
GRW as an Ontology of Dispositions.Mauro Dorato & Michael Esfeld - 2010 - Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part B: Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics 41 (1):41-49.
Quantum Propensities.Mauricio Suárez - 2006 - Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics 38 (2):418-438.
View all 26 citations / Add more citations
Similar books and articles
A Challenge to Ludwig von Mises’s Theory of Probability.Mark R. Crovelli - 2010 - Libertarian Papers 2:23.
Popper’s Laws of the Excess of the Probability of the Conditional Over the Conditional Probability.Georg J. W. Dorn - 1992/93 - Conceptus: Zeitschrift Fur Philosophie 26:3–61.
Remarks on the Theory of Conditional Probability: Some Issues of Finite Versus Countable Additivity.Teddy Seidenfeld - 2000 - In Vincent F. Hendricks, Stig Andur Pederson & Klaus Frovin Jørgensen (eds.), Probability Theory: Philosophy, Recent History and Relations to Science. Synthese Library, Kluwer.
Carnap and Reichenbach on Probability with Neurath the Winner.Keith Lehrer - 1993 - Vienna Circle Institute Yearbook 1:143-155.
Some Model Theory For Probability Structures.George Georgescu - 2001 - Reports on Mathematical Logic:103-113.
Non-Archimedean Probability.Vieri Benci, Leon Horsten & Sylvia Wenmackers - 2013 - Milan Journal of Mathematics 81 (1):121-151.
A Theory of Probability.T. V. Reeves - 1988 - British Journal for the Philosophy of Science 39 (2):161-182.
Remarks on the Theory of Conditional Probability: Some Issues of Finite Versus Countable Additivity.Teddy Seidenfeld - unknown
Rules of Probability in Quantum Mechanics.Leon Cohen - 1988 - Foundations of Physics 18 (10):983-998.
Time and the Propensity Interpretation of Probability.Niall Shanks - 1993 - Journal for General Philosophy of Science / Zeitschrift für Allgemeine Wissenschaftstheorie 24 (2):293 - 302.
Quantum Mechanics and Operational Probability Theory.E. G. Beltrametti & S. Bugajski - 2002 - Foundations of Science 7 (1-2):197-212.
Analytics
Added to PP index
2009-01-28
Total views
893 ( #7,727 of 2,520,901 )
Recent downloads (6 months)
2 ( #270,438 of 2,520,901 )
2009-01-28
Total views
893 ( #7,727 of 2,520,901 )
Recent downloads (6 months)
2 ( #270,438 of 2,520,901 )
How can I increase my downloads?
Downloads