PIRSA:09080010

Quantum Bayesian: Pros and Cons

Timpson, C. (2009). Quantum Bayesian: Pros and Cons. Perimeter Institute. https://pirsa.org/09080010

Timpson, Christopher. Quantum Bayesian: Pros and Cons. Perimeter Institute, Aug. 15, 2009, https://pirsa.org/09080010 

          @misc{ pirsa_PIRSA:09080010,
            doi = {10.48660/09080010},
            url = {https://pirsa.org/09080010},
            author = {Timpson, Christopher},
            keywords = {Quantum Foundations},
            language = {en},
            title = {Quantum Bayesian: Pros and Cons},
            publisher = {Perimeter Institute},
            year = {2009},
            month = {aug},
            note = {PIRSA:09080010 see, \url{https://pirsa.org}}
          }

Christopher Timpson University of Oxford

DOI 10.48660/09080010
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Abstract

The Quantum Bayesianism of Caves, Fuchs and Schack presents a distinctive starting point from which to attack the problem of axiomatising - or re-constructing - quantum theory. However, many have had the doubt that this starting point is itself already too radical. In this talk I will briefly introduce the position (it will be familiar to most, no doubt) and describe what I take to be its philosophical standpoint. More importantly, I shall seek to defend it from some bad objections, before going on to level some more substantive challenges. The background paper is: 0804.2047 on the arXiv.