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Does the concept of observation have deep relevance in fundamental physics? What about in quantum physics where some kind of observation seems to be needed to transform “wave function” probabilities into actual events? What’s an “observation” anyway? What does it take to be an “observer”? Must it have some kind of sentience?
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Michel Bitbol is a researcher in the philosophy of physics, the philosophy of knowledge, and the philosophy of mind. He is Director of Research at the CNRS, based at the Husserl Archives, ENS, Paris. Together with Bernard d’Espagnat, Jean Petitot, and Hervé Zwirn, he is a founding member of the Collège de Physique et de Philosophie, in collaboration with the Académie des Sciences Morales et Politiques.
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