A No-Go Result for QBism

Foundations of Physics 51 (5):1-6 (2021)
  Copy   BIBTEX

Abstract

In QBism the wave function does not represent an element of physical reality external to the agent, but represent an agent’s personal probability assignments, reflecting his subjective degrees of belief about the future content of his experience. In this paper, I argue that this view of the wave function is not consistent with protective measurements. The argument does not rely on the realist assumption of the ψ-ontology theorems, namely the existence of the underlying ontic state of a quantum system.

Links

PhilArchive



    Upload a copy of this work     Papers currently archived: 91,386

External links

Setup an account with your affiliations in order to access resources via your University's proxy server

Through your library

Similar books and articles

QBism and the limits of scientific realism.David Glick - 2021 - European Journal for Philosophy of Science 11 (2):1-19.
QBism Is Not So Simply Dismissed.Ali Barzegar - 2020 - Foundations of Physics 50 (7):693-707.
Towards Better Understanding QBism.Andrei Khrennikov - 2018 - Foundations of Science 23 (1):181-195.
Extending the Agent in QBism.Jacques Pienaar - 2020 - Foundations of Physics 50 (12):1894-1920.
Interview with physicist Christopher Fuchs.Robert P. Crease & James Sares - 2021 - Continental Philosophy Review 54 (4):541-561.
Why I am not a QBist.Louis Marchildon - 2015 - Foundations of Physics 45 (7):754-761.
Quantum Bayesianism Assessed.John Earman - unknown - The Monist 102 (4):403-423.
QBism: An Analytical Review.Alexander A. Pechenkin - 2020 - Epistemology and Philosophy of Science 57 (4):199-216.
The View from a Wigner Bubble.Eric G. Cavalcanti - 2021 - Foundations of Physics 51 (2):1-31.
Quantum Mechanics Between Ontology and Epistemology.Florian J. Boge - 2018 - Cham: Springer (European Studies in Philosophy of Science).

Analytics

Added to PP
2021-10-23

Downloads
21 (#718,251)

6 months
8 (#342,364)

Historical graph of downloads
How can I increase my downloads?

Author's Profile

Shan Gao
Shanxi University

Citations of this work

Add more citations

References found in this work

Subjective probability and quantum certainty.Carlton M. Caves, Christopher A. Fuchs & Rüdiger Schack - 2007 - Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part B: Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics 38 (2):255-274.
Quantum bayesianism: A study.Christopher Gordon Timpson - 2008 - Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part B: Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics 39 (3):579-609.
Quantum Bayesianism Assessed.John Earman - unknown - The Monist 102 (4):403-423.
Protective Measurements and the Reality of the Wave Function.Shan Gao - 2022 - British Journal for the Philosophy of Science 73 (3):777-794.

View all 7 references / Add more references