Effects of perception

[edmund cavendish]

TL;DR

Bishop Berkeley: Esse est percipe. QM link?

To what extent does Berkeley's idea of the impotance of the observer relate to their role in the collapse of the wave function? Does he anticipate tge Measurement Problem?

 

[renormalize]

TL;DR Summary: Bishop Berkeley: Esse est percipe. QM link?

Google "quantum mechanics bishop berkeley". There are lots of essays and discussions for you to absorb.

 

[PeroK]

TL;DR Summary: Bishop Berkeley: Esse est percipe. QM link?

To what extent does Berkeley's idea of the impotance of the observer relate to their role in the collapse of the wave function? Does he anticipate tge Measurement Problem?

Do you mean importance or impotence?

 

[edmund cavendish]

Importance, typo but see your point!

 

[edmund cavendish]

Interested in views on the nature of observation. In qm a classical world intervebtion via apparatus in Berkeley...