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Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part B Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics

Deutsch on the epistemic problem in Everettian Quantum Theory

Darren Bradley

Published Dec 23, 2016• 0 citations
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10.1016/j.shpsb.2016.10.006

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