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'''Quantum Bayesianism''' is a "subjective Bayesian account of quantum probability."<ref>http://www.terpconnect.umd.edu/~stairs/papers/Loose_and_Separate_Certainty.pdf</ref>
'''Quantum Bayesianism''' is an interpretation of [[quantum mechanics]] in the early stages of development. The dominant version has evolved from the work of Carlton Caves, Christopher Fuchs and Rüdiger Schack.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Stairs|first=Allen|title=A loose and separate certainty: Caves, Fuchs and Schack on quantum probability one|journal=Studies In History and Philosophy of Science Part B: Studies In History and Philosophy of Modern Physics|year=2011|volume=42|issue=3|pages=158–166|doi=10.1016/j.shpsb.2011.02.001}}</ref><ref>http://www.terpconnect.umd.edu/~stairs/papers/Loose_and_Separate_Certainty.pdf</ref> It attempts to simplify quantum mechanics into [[axioms|axiomatize]] and to provide a more complete understanding. Quantum Bayesianism draws from the fields of [[quantum information]] and [[Bayesian probability]]. It uses the idea of [[anti-realism]], from philosophy of science, to explain the [[interpretation of quantum mechanics|Interpretations of quantum mechanics]], like the [[superposition]] of [[wavefunctions]], [[non-locality]] and [[entanglement]].<ref>{{cite journal|last=Timpson|first=Christopher Gordon|title=Quantum Bayesianism: A study|journal=Studies In History and Philosophy of Science Part B: Studies In History and Philosophy of Modern Physics|year=2008|volume=39|issue=3|pages=579–609|doi=10.1016/j.shpsb.2008.03.006 |url=http://users.ox.ac.uk/~bras2317/qb_s.ps |format=postscript |accessdate=April 2012}}

an interpretation of [[quantum mechanics]] in the early stages of development. The dominant version has evolved from the work of Carlton Caves, Christopher Fuchs and Rüdiger Schack.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Stairs|first=Allen|title=A loose and separate certainty: Caves, Fuchs and Schack on quantum probability one|journal=Studies In History and Philosophy of Science Part B: Studies In History and Philosophy of Modern Physics|year=2011|volume=42|issue=3|pages=158–166|doi=10.1016/j.shpsb.2011.02.001}}</ref><ref>http://www.terpconnect.umd.edu/~stairs/papers/Loose_and_Separate_Certainty.pdf</ref> It attempts to simplify quantum mechanics into [[axioms|axiomatize]] and to provide a more complete understanding. Quantum Bayesianism draws from the fields of [[quantum information]] and [[Bayesian probability]]. It uses the idea of [[anti-realism]], from philosophy of science, to explain the [[interpretation of quantum mechanics|Interpretations of quantum mechanics]], like the [[superposition]] of [[wavefunctions]], [[non-locality]] and [[entanglement]].<ref>{{cite journal|last=Timpson|first=Christopher Gordon|title=Quantum Bayesianism: A study|journal=Studies In History and Philosophy of Science Part B: Studies In History and Philosophy of Modern Physics|year=2008|volume=39|issue=3|pages=579–609|doi=10.1016/j.shpsb.2008.03.006 |url=http://users.ox.ac.uk/~bras2317/qb_s.ps |format=postscript |accessdate=April 2012}}
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Quantum Bayesianism is a "subjective Bayesian account of quantum probability."[1]

an interpretation of quantum mechanics in the early stages of development. The dominant version has evolved from the work of Carlton Caves, Christopher Fuchs and Rüdiger Schack.[2][3] It attempts to simplify quantum mechanics into axiomatize and to provide a more complete understanding. Quantum Bayesianism draws from the fields of quantum information and Bayesian probability. It uses the idea of anti-realism, from philosophy of science, to explain the Interpretations of quantum mechanics, like the superposition of wavefunctions, non-locality and entanglement.[4]

References

  1. ^ http://www.terpconnect.umd.edu/~stairs/papers/Loose_and_Separate_Certainty.pdf
  2. ^ Stairs, Allen (2011). "A loose and separate certainty: Caves, Fuchs and Schack on quantum probability one". Studies In History and Philosophy of Science Part B: Studies In History and Philosophy of Modern Physics. 42 (3): 158–166. doi:10.1016/j.shpsb.2011.02.001.
  3. ^ http://www.terpconnect.umd.edu/~stairs/papers/Loose_and_Separate_Certainty.pdf
  4. ^ Timpson, Christopher Gordon (2008). "Quantum Bayesianism: A study" (postscript). Studies In History and Philosophy of Science Part B: Studies In History and Philosophy of Modern Physics. 39 (3): 579–609. doi:10.1016/j.shpsb.2008.03.006. Retrieved April 2012. {{cite journal}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)