2019/02/19 by Marijn Waaijer, Waaijer, Marijn, Jan van Neerven +1 · 1 citation
Arts and Humanities · Computer Science · Physics and Astronomy · #Computability, Logic, AI Algorithms #FOS: Physical sciences #Philosophy and History of Science #Quantum Mechanics and Applications #Quantum Physics (quant-ph) #quant-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1902.07139
14 pages, minor revisions; to appear in Foundations of Physics
openalex publication_date 2019/02/19 · arxiv created 2021/01/01 · arxiv updated 2021/01/05 · openalex created_date 2022/07/29 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
We present an analysis of the Frauchiger-Renner Gedankenexperiment from the point of view of the relational interpretation of quantum mechanics. Our analysis shows that the paradox obtained by Frauchiger and Renner disappears if one rejects promoting one agent's certainty to another agent's certainty when it cannot be validated by records from the past. A by-product of our analysis is an interaction-free detection scheme for the existence of such records.