On Quantum Conditional Probability

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Published 18-02-2013
DOI https://doi.org/10.1387/theoria.5682
Isabel Guerra Bobo

Abstract

We argue that quantum theory does not allow for a generalization of the notion of classical conditional probability by showing that the probability defined by the Lüders rule, standardly interpreted in the literature as the quantum-mechanical conditionalization rule, cannot be interpreted as such.

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Guerra Bobo, I. (2013). On Quantum Conditional Probability. THEORIA. An International Journal for Theory, History and Foundations of Science, 28(1), 115–137. https://doi.org/10.1387/theoria.5682
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Keywords

quantum mechanics, quantum probability, conditional probability, Lüders rule, conceptual change

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Vol. 28 No. 1 (2013)
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ARTICLES

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