An introduction to QBism with an application to the locality of quantum mechanics
2013/11/20 by Christopher A. Fuchs, N. David Mermin, Rüdiger Schack +1 · 1 voice · 423 citations
Physics and Astronomy · #Consistent histories #EPR paradox #Interpretation (philosophy) #Interpretations of quantum mechanics #Locality #Minority interpretations of quantum mechanics #Noncommutative and Quantum Gravity Theories #Open quantum system #Quantum #Quantum Mechanics and Applications #Quantum and Classical Electrodynamics #Relational quantum mechanics #physics.hist-ph #quant-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.1119/1.4874855
published in American Journal of Physics 82(8), 749-754 (American Institute of Physics) · 11 pages, no figures
arxiv created 2013/11/20 · arxiv published 2013/11/20 · openalex publication_date 2014/07/23 · arxiv updated 2015/06/18 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05
Abstract
We give an introduction to the QBist interpretation of quantum mechanics, which removes the paradoxes, conundra, and pseudo-problems that have plagued quantum foundations for the past nine decades. As an example, we show in detail how this interpretation eliminates “quantum nonlocality.”
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