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arxiv: 1405.4222 · v2 · pith:4OZZS6M7new · submitted 2014-05-16 · 🪐 quant-ph

Quantum Theory and Determinism

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keywords quantumtheorydeterministicindeterministicinterpretationmany-worldsphysicalappearance
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Historically, appearance of the quantum theory led to a prevailing view that Nature is indeterministic. The arguments for the indeterminism and proposals for indeterministic and deterministic approaches are reviewed. These include collapse theories, Bohmian Mechanics and the many-worlds interpretation. It is argued that ontic interpretations of the quantum wave function provide simpler and clearer physical explanation and that the many-worlds interpretation is the most attractive since it provides a deterministic and local theory for our physical Universe explaining the illusion of randomness and nonlocality in the world we experience.

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