Probabilities in Quantum Mechanics

Abstract

This chapter examines the role played by probabilities on each of the major approaches to understanding quantum mechanics. It is argued that the sorts of considerations brought up in previous chapters, having to do with limitations on precise knowledge of physical states, and the result of applying dynamical evolution to agents’ degrees of belief about those states, have a part to play on each of those approaches. The chapter includes an introduction to the basic formalism of quantum mechanics.