The metaphysics of decoherence

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Erkenntnis 88 (6):2609–2631 (2023)
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The paper investigates the type of realism that best suits the framework of decoherence taken at face value without postulating a plurality of worlds, or additional hidden variables, or non-unitary dynamical mechanisms. It is argued that this reading of decoherence leads to an extremely radical type of perspectival realism, especially when cosmological decoherence is considered.

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Davide Romano
Institut Néel-CNRS, Université Grenoble Alps
Antonio Vassallo
Warsaw University of Technology

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