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The metaphysics of decoherence

Quantum Physics 2021-10-12 v1 History and Philosophy of Physics

Abstract

The paper investigates the type of realism that best suits the framework of decoherence taken at face value without postulating a plurality of worlds, or additional hidden variables, or non-unitary dynamical mechanisms. It is argued that this reading of decoherence leads to an extremely radical type of perspectival realism, especially when cosmological decoherence is considered.

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@article{arxiv.2110.04786,
  title  = {The metaphysics of decoherence},
  author = {Antonio Vassallo and Davide Romano},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2110.04786},
  year   = {2021}
}

Comments

30 pages, forthcoming in Erkenntnis

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