Remarks on Consistent Histories and Bohmian Mechanics
Abstract
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Recent work with Dowker on the scientific status of the consistent histories approach to quantum theory is reviewed and summarised. The approach is compared with formulations of quantum theory, such as Bohmian mechanics and the Copenhagen interpretation a la Landau-Lifshitz, in which classical variables are explicitly appended. I try to explain why the consistent histories formulation is scientifically problematic, in that it is a very weak theory, but also scientifically interesting, shedding new light on quantum theory.
14 pages, TeX with harvmac. Minor corrections from previous archive version
14 pages, TeX with harvmac. Minor corrections from previous archive version