Deutsch on the epistemic problem in Everettian Quantum Theory

Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part B: Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics 57:111-114 (2017)
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I raise some problems for David Deutsch's (2016) attempt to develop a confirmation theory for branching worlds.

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10.1016/j.shpsb.2016.10.006

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Declarations of independence.Branden Fitelson & Alan Hájek - 2017 - Synthese 194 (10):3979-3995.
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On the Everettian Epistemic Problem.Hilary Greaves - 2007 - Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part B: Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics 38 (1):120-152.
The logic of experimental tests, particularly of Everettian quantum theory.David Deutsch - 2016 - Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part B: Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics 55:24-33.

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