PIRSA:08100048

Theory Confirmation in One World and its Failure in Many

Kent, A. (2008). Theory Confirmation in One World and its Failure in Many. Perimeter Institute. https://pirsa.org/08100048

Kent, Adrian. Theory Confirmation in One World and its Failure in Many. Perimeter Institute, Oct. 02, 2008, https://pirsa.org/08100048 

          @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}}
          }

Adrian Kent University of Cambridge

Talk numberPIRSA:08100048
DOI10.48660/08100048
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Talk Type Conference
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Abstract

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