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The purpose of my talk will be twofold. I wish first to discuss very briefly how one can reasonably understand quantum mechanics, particularly by means of the so-called ”consistent histories approach”. Then, I shall indicate some recent results in the theory of decoherence, from which it follows that this important effect is basically an ordinary irreversible process.
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Omnés, R. (1999). On interpretation and decoherence. In: Blanchard, P., Jadczyk, A. (eds) Quantum Future From Volta and Como to the Present and Beyond. Lecture Notes in Physics, vol 517. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0105345
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