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Quantum mechanics, emergence, and decisions

Published:2020-07-27 Issue:2 Volume:19 Page:299-305
ISSN:1593-7879
Container-title:Mind & Society
language:en
Short-container-title:Mind Soc

Author:

Bacciagaluppi Guido

Abstract

AbstractI summarise some aspects of the relation between quantum mechanics and the macroscopic world in the context of the multiverse or Everett theory. I do so with particular reference to the results of the theory of decoherence, the notions of reduction and emergence, and agents' decisions.

Publisher

Springer Science and Business Media LLC

Subject

Economics, Econometrics and Finance (miscellaneous),Social Sciences (miscellaneous),Philosophy,Experimental and Cognitive Psychology,Social Psychology

Link

https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s11299-020-00242-4.pdf

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