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    Why Should We Interpret Quantum Mechanics?Louis Marchildon - 2004 - Foundations of Physics 34 (10):1453-1466.
    The development of quantum information theory has renewed interest in the idea that the state vector does not represent the state of a quantum system, but rather the knowledge or information that we may have on the system. I argue that this epistemic view of states appears to solve foundational problems of quantum mechanics only at the price of being essentially incomplete.
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    Why I am not a QBist.Louis Marchildon - 2015 - Foundations of Physics 45 (7):754-761.
    Quantum Bayesianism, or QBism, is a recent development of the epistemic view of quantum states, according to which the state vector represents knowledge about a quantum system, rather than the true state of the system. QBism explicitly adopts the subjective view of probability, wherein probability assignments express an agent’s personal degrees of belief about an event. QBists claim that most if not all conceptual problems of quantum mechanics vanish if we simply take a proper epistemic and probabilistic perspective. Although this (...)
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  3. Absorbers in the Transactional Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics.Jean-Sébastien Boisvert & Louis Marchildon - 2013 - Foundations of Physics 43 (3):294-309.
    The transactional interpretation of quantum mechanics, following the time-symmetric formulation of electrodynamics, uses retarded and advanced solutions of the Schrödinger equation and its complex conjugate to understand quantum phenomena by means of transactions. A transaction occurs between an emitter and a specific absorber when the emitter has received advanced waves from all possible absorbers. Advanced causation always raises the specter of paradoxes, and it must be addressed carefully. In particular, different devices involving contingent absorbers or various types of interaction-free measurements (...)
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    Multiplicity in Everett׳s interpretation of quantum mechanics.Louis Marchildon - 2015 - Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part B: Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics 52 (Part B):274-284.
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    Myths, Misperceptions, and Policy Learning: Comparing Healthcare in the United States and Canada.Gregory P. Marchildon, Capri S. Cafaro & Adalsteinn Brown - 2018 - Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics 46 (4):833-837.
    The U.S. and Canadian health care systems are more similar than is commonly believed. This article debunks some of the powerful myths about these health care systems and opens up the discussion for greater policy learning from both sides of the border. Cross-border comparisons can yield a number of lessons from common policy challenges such as cost control, physician organization and payment, and the organization of health coverage and services for Native Americans and Indigenous Canadians.
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    Can Everett be Interpreted Without Extravaganza?Louis Marchildon - 2011 - Foundations of Physics 41 (3):357-362.
    Everett’s relative states interpretation of quantum mechanics has met with problems related to probability, the preferred basis, and multiplicity. The third theme, I argue, is the most important one. It has led to developments of the original approach into many-worlds, many-minds, and decoherence-based approaches. The latter especially have been advocated in recent years, in an effort to understand multiplicity without resorting to what is often perceived as extravagant constructions. Drawing from and adding to arguments of others, I show that proponents (...)
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    On Relativistic Elements of Reality.Louis Marchildon - 2008 - Foundations of Physics 38 (9):804-817.
    Several arguments have been proposed some years ago, attempting to prove the impossibility of defining Lorentz-invariant elements of reality. I find that a sufficient condition for the existence of elements of reality, introduced in these proofs, seems to be used also as a necessary condition. I argue that Lorentz-invariant elements of reality can be defined but, as Vaidman pointed out, they won’t satisfy the so-called product rule. In so doing I obtain algebraic constraints on elements of reality associated with a (...)
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    Are tachyon causal paradoxes solved?Réjean Girard & Louis Marchildon - 1984 - Foundations of Physics 14 (6):535-548.
    Tolman's paradox arises in Lorentz-invariant theories of superluminal particles. In this paper we first try to clarify the nature of the paradox and what it means to solve it. We then analyze the various attempts made to either solve or eliminate it. We show that general consequences can be drawn which hold in essentially all paradox-free schemes proposed so far.
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    Remarks on Mohrhoff's Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics.Louis Marchildon - 2004 - Foundations of Physics 34 (1):59-73.
    In a recently proposed interpretation of quantum mechanics, U. Mohrhoff advocates original and thought-provoking views on space and time, the definition of macroscopic objects, and the meaning of probability statements. The interpretation also addresses a number of questions about factual events and the nature of reality. The purpose of this note is to examine several issues raised by Mohrhoff's interpretation, and to assess whether it helps providing solutions to the long-standing problems of quantum mechanics.
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    Les enjeux de la moralisation de l’économie : réflexion à partir des exemples de la RSE et de la FSR.André Lacroix & Marchildon - 2014 - Éthique Publique 16 (2).
    La succession récente de crises économiques et financières constitue le symptôme le plus évident des dysfonctionnements du système économique. De nouvelles approches comme la responsabilité sociale des entreprises et la finance socialement responsable proposent d’humaniser le capitalisme et de reconfigurer l’économie de marché. Ces deux courants de pensée ont d’ailleurs contribué à opérer un important changement dans l’imaginaire social quant à la façon de concevoir la légitimité des activités économiques. Malgré leur grand inté­rêt, ces nouvelles approches comportent des limites relativement (...)
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    (1 other version)Bohmian trajectories and the ether: Where does the analogy fail?Louis Marchildon - 2006 - Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part B: Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics 37 (2):263-274.
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    Causalité et physique moderne.Louis Marchildon - 1992 - Horizons Philosophiques 2 (2):65-82.
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    Finding more on the mat: how I grew better, wiser and stronger through yoga.Michelle Berman Marchildon - 2015 - Chino Valley, AZ: Hohm Press.
    "Based on the true life experiences of a recovering corporate executive, award-winning journalist, yogi, wife, mother and survivor of fifty years of life.".
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    GADAMER, Hans-Georg, La Philosophie herméneutiqueGADAMER, Hans-Georg, La Philosophie herméneutique.Rock Marchildon - 1997 - Laval Théologique et Philosophique 53 (1):224-226.
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    Kennedy Schmidt, Lawrence, the epistemology of Hans-Georg GadamerKennedy Schmidt, Lawrence, the epistemology of Hans-Georg Gadamer.Rock Marchildon - 1997 - Laval Théologique et Philosophique 53 (1):232-233.
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    À propos de la conception herméneutique de la vérité.Rock Marchildon - 1997 - Laval Théologique et Philosophique 53 (1):141-150.
  17. Yvon Gauthier, Théorétiques: Pour une philosophie constructiviste des sciences Reviewed by.Louis Marchildon - 1983 - Philosophy in Review 3 (6):265-268.
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    Einstein philosophe. La physique comme pratique philosophique Michel Paty Collection «Philosophie d'aujourd'hui» Paris, Presses Universitaires de France, 1993, viii, 584 p. [REVIEW]Louis Marchildon - 1995 - Dialogue 34 (1):178-.
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    La théorie quantique et le schisme en physique. Post-scriptum à la Logique de la découverte scientifique, III Karl Popper Édition établie et annotée par W. W. Bartley, traduction et présentation d'Emmanuel Malolo Dissaké Paris, Hermann, 1996, XLIV, 228 p. [REVIEW]Louis Marchildon - 1998 - Dialogue 37 (1):188-.
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    La théorie quantique et le schisme en physique. Post-scriptum à la Logique de la découverte scientifique, III. [REVIEW]Louis Marchildon - 1998 - Dialogue 37 (1):188-190.
    Quel est ce schisme que Popper remarque dès les années cinquante et qui dure encore vingt-cinq ans plus tard? C’est le conflit entre les tenants de l’orthodoxie quantique ou, si l’on préfère, de l’interprétation de Copenhague et ceux qui s’y opposent. Ces derniers forment un groupe nettement moins homogène que les premiers, même si ceux-ci ont d’importantes divergences de vues, dont ils ne sont pas toujours conscients.
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