Graduation Year
Spring 2012
Document Type
Open Access Senior Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts
Department
Philosophy
Second Department
Physics
Reader 1
Dustin Troy Locke
Reader 2
Scot A. C. Gould
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© 2012 Jhenna Voorhis
Abstract
Parsimony, sometime referred to as simplicity, is an effective criterion of theory choice in the case of Quantum Mechanics. The Copenhagen and Bohmian interpretations are rival theories, with the Bohmian interpretation being more parsimonious. More parsimonious theories have a higher probability of being true than less parsimonious rivals. The Bohmian interpretation should thus be preferred on these grounds.
Recommended Citation
Voorhis, Jhenna, "Parsimony and Quantum Mechanics: An Analysis of the Copenhagen and Bohmian Interpretations" (2012). Scripps Senior Theses. 35.
https://scholarship.claremont.edu/scripps_theses/35
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