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No. 9, Elizabeth M. Haglund, interview by Everett L. Cooley
No full textTranscript (50 pages) of interview by Everett L. Cooley with Elizabeth M. Haglund, on October 19, 1984. This interview is no. 9 of the Everett L. Cooley Oral History Project, and tape no. 187Haglund (b. 1917) recalls her early life, her work with the National Broadcasting Company, and her career at the University of Utah in Public Relations. 1960s-1980s. Interviewer: Everett L. Coole
The Everett Interpretation
No full textThe Everett interpretation of quantum mechanics - better known as the Many-Worlds Theory - has had a rather uneven reception. Mainstream philosophers have scarcely heard of it, save as science fiction. In philosophy of physics it is
well known but has historically been fairly widely rejected. Among physicists (at least, among those concerned with the interpretation of quantum mechanics in the first place), it is taken very seriously indeed, arguably tied for first place in popularity with more traditional operationalist views of quantum mechanics. In this article, I provide a fairly short (15,000 words) and self-contained introduction to the Everett interpretation as it is currently understood. I use little technical machinery, although I do assume the reader has encountered the measurement problem already (at about the level of the well-known discussions by Penrose or Albert)
No. 61, Lela M. Ence, interview by Everett L. Cooley
No full textTranscript (37 pages) of interview by Everett L. Cooley with Lela M. Ence, executive director of the University of Utah Alumni Association, on September 9, 1985. This interview is no. 61 in the Everett L. Cooley Oral History Project, and tape no. 332Ence (b. 1927) discusses her work with community fundraisers and her position with the University of Utah Alumni Association during the 1960s-1980s. Interviewer: Everett L. Coole
No.228, James M. Rock, interview by Everett L. Cooley
No full textTranscript (126 pages) of two interviews by Everett L. Cooley with University of Utah economics professor James M. Rock, on May 30 and June 6, 1989. This interview is no. 228 in the Everett L. Cooley Oral History Project, and tape nos. U-987, U-988, U-989, and U-990Rock (b. 1935) recalls his family and personal history growing up on a dairy farm in Wisconsin; his education; academic career, especially his tenure in the Department of Economics, University of Utah, 1960s-1990s. He discusses department politics and personalities and his community involvement with the NAACP and one of its leaders, Alberta Henry. Interviewer: Everett L. Coole
No.116 Keith M. Engar, interview by Everett L. Cooley
No full textTranscript (52 pages) of interview by Everett L. Cooley with Keith M. Engar, professor and dean of fine arts at the University of Utah, on April 30, 1984. This interview is no. 116 in the Everett L. Cooley Oral History Project, and tape no. U-116Engar (b. 1923) recalls his background and career at the University of Utah beginning with KUED and KUER, later chairman of the University\u27s Department of Theater, followed by the deanship of the College of Fine Arts, 1950s-1980s. Interviewer: Everett L. Coole
Probability in the Everett interpretation
No full textThe Everett (many-worlds) interpretation of quantum mechanics faces a prima facie problem concerning quantum probabilities. Research in this area has been fast-paced over the last few years, following a controversial suggestion by David Deutsch that decision theory can solve the problem. This article provides a non-technical introduction to the decision-theoretic program, and a sketch of the current state of the debate
No.173, William M. Purdy, interview by Everett L. Cooley
No full textTranscript (119 pages) of interviews by Everett L. Cooley with William M. Purdy, former head master of Rowland Hall and St. Mark\u27s School in Salt Lake City, on October 3 and 12, 1988. This interview is no. 173 in the Everett L. Cooley Oral History Project, and tape nos. 887, 888, 889, and 890Purdy (b. 1921) recalls his life growing up in coal mining camps in Wyoming and Utah; World War II experiences as a pilot; and teaching in Salt Lake City and Manila, Utah, prior to becoming a teacher and later headmaster at Rowland Hall-St. Marks in Salt Lake City. He discusses his work at Rowland Hall and his theories about education. Interviewer: Everett L. Coole
A Prolegomenon to the Ontology of the Everett Interpretation
No full textIn this article, I briefly explain the quantum measurement problem and the Everett (Many-Worlds) interpretation, in a way that is faithful to modern physics and yet accessible to readers without any physics training. I then consider the metaphysical lessons for ontology from quantum mechanics under the Everett interpretation. My conclusions are largely negative: I argue that very little can be said in full generality about the ontology of quantum mechanics, because quantum mechanics, like abstract classical mechanics, is a framework within which we can consider different physical theories which have very little in common at the level of ontology. Along the way I discuss, and criticise, several positive ontological proposals that have been made in the context of the Everett interpretation: ontologies based on the so-called "eigenstate-eigenvalue link", ontologies based on taking the "many-worlds" language seriously at the fundamental level, and ontologies that treat the wavefunction as a complex field on a high-dimensional space
[Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe, Gas Electric Car M-160]
No full textNegative sleeve: 82:232:3187 A-I; [typed] Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe, Gas-El. M-160 [Everett DeGolyer, Jr.'s Notes] Left side, photographed at 3/4 angle, showing rear of car. No. M-160 is a Gas Electric Car
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