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Three Myths about Time Reversal in Quantum Theory

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2022

Bryan W. Roberts
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Abstract

Many have suggested that the transformation standardly referred to as ‘time reversal’ in quantum theory is not deserving of the name. I argue on the contrary that the standard definition is perfectly appropriate and is indeed forced by basic considerations about the nature of time in the quantum formalism.

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Philosophy of Science , Volume 84 , Issue 2 , April 2017 , pp. 315 - 334
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Copyright © The Philosophy of Science Association

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Footnotes

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Thanks to Harvey Brown, Craig Callender, Tony Duncan, John Earman, Christoph Lehner, John D. Norton, Giovanni Valente, and David Wallace for helpful comments. Special thanks to David Malament for many helpful discussions during the development of these ideas. This work benefited from National Science Foundation grant 1058902.

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