Probability and Nonlocality in Many Minds Interpretations of Quantum Mechanics
Abstract
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We argue that a certain type of many minds (and many worlds) interpretations of quantum mechanics due to Lockwood (and Deutsch) do not provide a coherent interpretation of the quantum mechanical probabilistic algorithm. By contrast, in Albert and Loewer's version of the many minds interpretation there is a coherent interpretation of the quantum mechanical probabilities. We consider Albert and Loewer's probability interpretation in the context of Bell-type and GHZ-type states and argue that it exhibits a certain form of nonlocality which is, however, much weaker than Bell's nonlocality.
22 pages, last section rewritten, to appear in British Journal for the Philosophy of Science
22 pages, last section rewritten, to appear in British Journal for the Philosophy of Science