Kent, A. (2008). Theory Confirmation in One World and its Failure in Many. Perimeter Institute. https://pirsa.org/08100048
MLA
Kent, Adrian. Theory Confirmation in One World and its Failure in Many. Perimeter Institute, Oct. 02, 2008, https://pirsa.org/08100048
BibTex
@misc{ pirsa_PIRSA:08100048,
doi = {10.48660/08100048},
url = {https://pirsa.org/08100048},
author = {Kent, Adrian},
keywords = {Quantum Foundations},
language = {en},
title = {Theory Confirmation in One World and its Failure in Many},
publisher = {Perimeter Institute},
year = {2008},
month = {oct},
note = {PIRSA:08100048 see, \url{https://pirsa.org}}
}
I discuss how we can give a satisfactory account of theory confirmation for theories with random data, such as Copenhagen quantum theory, despite the lack of a completely satisfactory definition of probabilistic theories of nature. I also explain why neither this nor any other proposed account of scientific confirmation works for many-worlds theories
