Everettian rationality: Defending Deutsch's approach to probability in the Everett interpretation

Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part B - Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 415-439

  Wallace, David ^a  

^a MAGDALEN COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Decision theory; Everett interpretation; Interpretation of quantum mechanics; Probability

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038498103     PISSN: 13552198     EISSN: 18792502     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1355-2198(03)00036-4     Document Type: Article

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