caa a22 4500 46790166X CHVBK 20180406152820.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170328e20060901xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10699-004-6249-7 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10699-004-6249-7 Ćirković Milan Astronomical Observatory Belgrade, Volgina 7, 11160, Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro aut Is Quantum Suicide Painless? On an Apparent Violation of the Principal Principle [Elektronische Daten] [Milan Ćirković] The experimental setup of the self-referential quantum measurement, jovially known as the ‘quantum suicide' or the ‘quantum Russian roulette' is analyzed from the point of view of the Principal Principle of David Lewis. It is shown that the apparent violation of this principle - relating objective probabilities and subjective chance - in this type of thought experiment is just an illusion due to the usage of some terms and concepts ill-defined in the quantum context. We conclude that even in the case that Everett's (or some other ‘no-collapse') theory is a correct description of reality, we can coherently believe in equating subjective credence with objective chance in quantum-mechanical experiments. This is in agreement with results of the research on personal identity in the quantum context by Parfit and Tappenden. Springer, 2006 quantum mechanics nationallicence multiverse nationallicence principal principle nationallicence personal identity nationallicence Foundations of Science Kluwer Academic Publishers 11/3(2006-09-01), 287-296 1233-1821 11:3<287 2006 11 10699 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10699-004-6249-7 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10699-004-6249-7 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Ćirković Milan Astronomical Observatory Belgrade, Volgina 7, 11160, Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Foundations of Science Kluwer Academic Publishers 11/3(2006-09-01), 287-296 1233-1821 11:3<287 2006 11 10699 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer