One mind or many? A note on the Everett interpretation of quantum theory

Synthese 89 (November):283-6 (1991)
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  The Everett interpretation of quantum theory requires either the existence of an infinite number of conscious minds associated with each brain or the existence of one universal consciousness. Reasons are given, and the two ideas are compared

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”Relative state’ formulation of quantum mechanics.Hugh Everett - 1957 - Reviews of Modern Physics 29 (3):454--462.
'Relative State' Formulation of Quantum Mechanics.Hugh Everett - 1957 - Reviews of Modern Physics 29 (3):454-462.
Mind and Matter.Erwin Schrödinger - 1958 - Cambridge [Eng.]: Cambridge University Press.

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