Christopher Fuchs is part of the 2012 And Earlier, 2017 1st Semester, and 2019 2nd Semester cohorts at STIAS.
Projects
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Tightening the Consistency of Quantum Bayesianism
Quantum Bayesianism is an effort to interpret all the probabilities arising in quantum theory (our most accurate physical theory to date, the one ultimately responsible for almost all of modern technology) in terms of the Bayesian conception of probability – that probabilities quantify subjective degrees of belief, rather than objective features of nature. -
Participatory Realism
Recently Cabello (arXiv:1509.04711) introduced a taxonomy of quantum interpretations with regard to what they attempt to say of reality. -
QBism, from Pragmatism to Phenomenology
QBism (pronounced cubism) is an interpretation of quantum mechanics that takes an agents actions and personal experiences as the central concerns of the theory. -
Is It Autonomy All the Way Down? The Search for a QBist Metaphysic
The philosopher William James once wrote, Like the old woman who described the world as resting on a rock, and then explained that rock to be supported by another rock, and finally said it was ‘rocks all the way down,’ he who believes this to be a radically moral universe must hold the moral order to rest either on an absolute and ultimate should or on a series of shoulds ‘all the way down’.