Relational Quantum Cosmology
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⚛️ physics.hist-ph
gr-qc
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quantumrelationalcosmologyabsencealwaysapplicationcoherentconceptual
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The application of quantum theory to cosmology raises a number of conceptual questions, such as the role of the quantum-mechanical notion of "observer" or the absence of a time variable in the Wheeler-DeWitt equation. I point out that a relational formulation of quantum mechanics, and more in general the observation that evolution is always relational, provides a coherent solution to this tangle of problems.
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