Chance in the Everett Interpretation

Many Worlds?: Everett, Quantum Theory, and Reality

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  Saunders, Simon ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b LINACRE COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Born rule; Chance; Credence; Decision theory; Frequencies; Measurement; Personal identity; Principal principle; Semantics; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

EID: 84920923633     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199560561.003.0008     Document Type: Chapter

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