Comments on Popper’s Interpretations of Probability

Patrick Suppes

C. I. J. M. Stuart

Zhao We

Popper's propensity interpretation of quantum mechanics is believed to be his outstanding contribution to physics and philosophy.The paper first introduces the traditional interpretation of quantum theory given by the Coperhagen school,then describes how Popper's propensity of quantum theory was developed.Negative comments on Popper's theory are also mentioned.

Asher Peres

Tan Tian-rong

It is expounded that a statistical distribution is a realistic distribution, while a probability distribution is its idea image; a statistical distribution is objective distribution, while a probability distribution depends on observers. In quantum mechanics, the confusion between statistical distributions and probability distributions creates two mistakes: misreading a probability distribution as a realistic distribution and misreading a subjective uncertainty as an objective uncertainty. Schrodinger' s cat is an imagery that opens out these two mistakes.

Luigi Accardi