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Why you don’t want to get in the box with Schrödinger's cat
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Papineau, David |
| Copyright Year | 2003 |
| Abstract | By way of an example, Lewis imagines your being invited to join Schrodinger’s cat in its box for an hour. This box will either fill up with deadly poison fumes or not, depending on whether or not some radioactive atom decays, the probability of decay within an hour being 50%. The invitation is accompanied with some further incentive to comply (Lewis sets it up so there is a significant chance of some pretty bad but not life-threatening punishment if you don’t get in the box). Lewis argues that the many minds theory implies that you should get in the box with the cat, despite this making it 50% likely you will die. |
| Starting Page | 51 |
| Ending Page | 58 |
| Page Count | 8 |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.0003-2638.2003.00395.x |
| Volume Number | 63 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://sas-space.sas.ac.uk/886/1/D_Papineau_Cat..pdf |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://sas-space.sas.ac.uk/886/1/D_Papineau_Cat..pdf |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://doi.org/10.1111/j.0003-2638.2003.00395.x |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |