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AGPhil: Arbeitsgruppe Philosophie der Physik

AGPhil 1: Ontological Aspects in Physics

AGPhil 1.2: Talk

Monday, February 25, 2013, 14:30–15:00, SR 113

Decoherence: How much does it help? — •Meinard Kuhlmann — Universität Bielefeld

Decoherence entered the scene as a solution to the measurement problem in quantum mechanics. However, it has become increasingly clear in the last decade that decoherence as such solves few if any aspects of the measurement problem. If so, the question arises in which respect decoherence does help. I will supply a differentiated answer.