World Without World: Observer-Dependent Physics

In Anthony Aguirre, Brendan Foster & Zeeya Merali, Wandering Towards a Goal: How Can Mindless Mathematical Laws Give Rise to Aims and Intention? Cham: Springer Verlag. pp. 101-108 (2018)
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The viewpoint expressed in this essay is that a pressing problem of physics is to recognize that our role as observers is more deeply embedded in our theories and laws than is often realised. This is developed by looking at two possible observer-inclusive approaches to physics.

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