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quant-ph2001
A Topos Perspective on the Kochen-Specker Theorem: IV. Interval Valuations
J. Butterfield, C. J. Isham
We extend the topos-theoretic treatment given in previous papers of assigning values to quantities in quantum theory. In those papers, the main idea was to assign a sieve as a part…
quant-ph2001
Some Worlds of Quantum Theory
Jeremy Butterfield
This paper assesses the Everettian approach to the measurement problem, especially the version of that approach advocated by Simon Saunders and David Wallace. I emphasise conceptua…
gr-qc2001
The End of Time?
J. N. Butterfield
I discuss J. Barbour's Machian theories of dynamics, and his proposal that a Machian perspective enables one to solve the problem of time in quantum geometrodynamics (by saying tha…