Affiliation:
1. Faculty of Philosophy, University of Warsaw, ul. Krakowskie Przedmieście 3, 00-047 Warsaw, Poland
Abstract
This paper discusses the fundamental assumptions and background of the consistent histories (CH) approach to quantum mechanics. The focus of the paper is on the concept of frameworks. It is proposed that frameworks should be interpreted objectively as observer-independent realities. Two further options are considered: a hidden-variables variant of the CH approach, and a many-worlds version, which considers each individual history belonging to a given family as describing a separate world. The latter interpretation is subsequently compared and contrasted with the standard many-worlds interpretation. Finally, the solution to the measurement problem offered by the many-worlds variant of CH is analyzed and amended.
Funder
National Science Center, Poland
Subject
Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous),Astronomy and Astrophysics,Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics,Statistical and Nonlinear Physics
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