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Operationism, Probability and Quantum Mechanics

In: Topics in the Foundation of Statistics

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  • Maria Carla Galavotti

    (University of Trieste, Department of Philosophy)

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This paper investigates the kind of empiricism combined with an operationalist perspective that, in the first decades of our Century, gave rise to a turning point in theoretical physics and in probability theory. While quantum mechanics was taking shape, the “classical” (Laplacian) interpretation of probability gave way to two divergent perspectives: frequentism and subjectivism. Frequentism gained wide acceptance among theoretical physicists. Subjectivism, on the other hand, was never held to be a serious candidate for application to physical theories, despite the fact that its philosophical background strongly resembles that underlying quantum mechanics, at least according to the Copenhagen interpretation. The reasons for this are explored.

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  • Maria Carla Galavotti, 1997. "Operationism, Probability and Quantum Mechanics," Springer Books, in: Bas C. van Fraassen (ed.), Topics in the Foundation of Statistics, pages 99-118, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-94-015-8816-4_12
    DOI: 10.1007/978-94-015-8816-4_12
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