UnBorn: probability in Bohmian mechanics

Ruetsche, L. (2023). UnBorn: probability in Bohmian mechanics. Philosophy of Physics, 1(1). https://doi.org/10.31389/pop.24
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Why are quantum probabilities encoded in measures corresponding to wave functions, rather than by a more general class of measures? Call this question WHY BORN? I argue that orthodox quantum mechanics has a compelling answer to WHY BORN? but Bohmian mechanics might not. I trace Bohmian difficulties with WHY BORN? to its antistructuralism, its denial of physical significance to the algebraic structure of quantum observables, and I propose other cases where Bohmian antistructuralism might have an explanatory cost.
Item Type Article
Copyright holders © 2023 The Author(s)
Departments LSE
DOI 10.31389/pop.24
Date Deposited 04 Dec 2023
Acceptance Date 06 Apr 2023
URI https://researchonline.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/120918

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