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A Metaphysician Looks at the Everett Interpretation 1

Abstract:: This chapter compares the relation of emergent branching structure to the quantum state to the fundamental ontology with philosophically more familiar examples of emergence - of ordinary objects, in relation to classical atomism, and of mental properties or attributes, in relation to material bodies. It is argued that there remain 'explanatory gaps' in all such cases, and that these are likely to be particularly acute in the case of the Everett interpretation.

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Hawthorne, J. (2010). A Metaphysician Looks at the Everett Interpretation 1. In Many Worlds?: Everett, Quantum Theory, and Reality. Oxford University Press.

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Hawthorne, J. “A Metaphysician Looks at the Everett Interpretation 1.” Many Worlds?: Everett, Quantum Theory, and Reality, Oxford University Press, 2010.

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Hawthorne, J. 2010. “A Metaphysician Looks at the Everett Interpretation 1.” In Many Worlds?: Everett, Quantum Theory, and Reality. Oxford University Press.
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Publisher copy:: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199560561.003.0006

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Institution:: University of Oxford
Division:: HUMS
Department:: Philosophy Faculty
Role:: Author

Publisher:: Oxford University Press
Host title:: Many Worlds?: Everett, Quantum Theory, and Reality
Publication date:: 2010-06-24
DOI:: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199560561.003.0006
ISBN:: 9780199560561

Keywords:: Vagueness

Everett interpretation

Metaphysics

Mentality

Fundamental ontology

Explanatory gaps
Pubs id:: pubs:195767
UUID:: uuid:f23d95b3-6db8-4f0c-9485-91143c4af131
Local pid:: pubs:195767
Source identifiers:: 195767
Deposit date:: 2015-03-14

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