# Quantum probabilities: an information-theoretic interpretation

@article{Bub2010QuantumPA,
title={Quantum probabilities: an information-theoretic interpretation},
author={Jeffrey Bub},
journal={arXiv: Quantum Physics},
year={2010}
}
• J. Bub
• Published 14 May 2010
• Physics
• arXiv: Quantum Physics
This Chapter develops a realist information-theoretic interpretation of the nonclassical features of quantum probabilities. On this view, what is fundamental in the transition from classical to quantum physics is the recognition that \emph{information in the physical sense has new structural features}, just as the transition from classical to relativistic physics rests on the recognition that space-time is structurally different than we thought. Hilbert space, the event space of quantum systems…
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