How to combine chance and determinism: Thinking about the future in an Everett universe

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作者
Ismael, J [1 ]
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[1] Univ Arizona, Dept Philosophy, Tucson, AZ 85719 USA
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10.1086/378864
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N09 [自然科学史]; B [哲学、宗教];
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01 ; 0101 ; 010108 ; 060207 ; 060305 ; 0712 ;
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I propose, in the context of Everett interpretations of quantum mechanics, a way of understanding how there can be genuine uncertainty about the future notwithstanding that the universe is governed by known, deterministic dynamical laws, and notwithstanding that there is no ignorance about initial conditions, nor anything in the universe whose evolution is not itself governed by the known dynamical laws. The proposal allows us to draw some lessons about the relationship between chance and determinism, and to dispel one source of the tendency among Everettians to introduce consciousness as a primitive element into physical description.
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