Working paper
The Measurement Problem Is an Individuation Problem
Record-constituted definiteness and the ontological incompleteness of Everett.
Overview
This paper argues that the unresolved core of the measurement problem is not only dynamical. At its deepest residual level, it is a problem of individuation: when does a physically realized difference count as a fact, outcome, or observer-world for a finite record-bearing system?
Role in the RBO project
This item belongs to the Quantum and Observer-Worlds section of the RBO website. It should be read according to its status label: Working paper.
RBO is a BCT-derived philosophical framework for individuation. This item contributes to the project’s account of finite systems, stable traces/records, individuation, continuity, correction, and definite outcomes, while BCT remains the physics-facing core where quantum measurement is concerned.