eBook Errata
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Important Errors
These are mostly errors in equations and in the level of subheadings. There is one instance of garbled text (on page 32).
| Page | Description |
| 32 | There is a garbled pair of sentences that are unreadable This purports to solve the mind-body problem by asserting that the universe is nothing over and above a succession of physical events: P describe themselves as “eliminative materialists”, are the → P → P → P →. Patricia and Paul Churchland, who foremost advocates of this view. These should read This purports to solve the mind-body problem by asserting that the universe is nothing over and above a succession of physical events: → P → P → P →. Patricia and Paul Churchland, who describe themselves as “eliminative materialists”, are the foremost advocates of this view. |
| 140 | In the sentence ending: let w = (w1, w2) = (7+0i, 2-1i). After the = sign, remove bold from: (w |
| 144 | In the equation that reads something like: Prob(system found to be within R) = ∫ ψ*(x) ψ(x) dx <<——–spaces———->> R The letter R in the second line of this equation should appear directly under the ∫ sign, (but it is probably displaced). The equation is therefore preferably amended so that the R appears as a subscript immediately after the sign, to give: Prob(system found to be within R) = ∫R ψ*(x) ψ(x) dx |
| 147 | There is a similar alignment problem in an equation on this page. It is preferably amended in a similar manner, to give: Prob(a in R) = ∫R ψ(a)*ψ(a) da |
| 148 | There is a similar alignment problem in an equation on this page. It is preferably amended in a similar manner, to give: Prob(x in R) = ∫R ψ(x)*ψ(x) dx |
| 174 | Amend the second line of the equation that is at the top of page 174: where |c|2 + |d|2 = 1 and|C|〉2 + |D|〉2 = 1 By removing both instances of 〉; And adding a space after the word and To give where |c|2 + |d|2 = 1 and |C|2 + |D|2 = 1 |
| 194 | Equation Ψ(x1, x2) = ∫ exp(i/ħ × (x1 – x2 + x0) × p) dp (*) Here, (*) plays the role of an equation number, so it should be justified further right (Compare, for instance, the numbered equations on page 348) |
| 203 | Equation Ψ(x, y) = ψ1(x) ψ2(y) Should have 1 and 2 as superscripts Ψ(x, y) = ψ1(x) ψ2(y) |
| 248 | At present, the second line of the equation on this page reads approximately: 1/√2 |z↑〉 |Az – up〉 |O – up〉 + 1/√2 |z↓〉 |Az – down〉 |O – down〉 Replace all four instances of “ – ” with hyphens (no spaces), To give: 1/√2 |z↑〉 |Az-up〉 |O-up〉 + 1/√2 |z↓〉 |Az-down〉 |O-down〉 |
| 353 | In equation (9), first line: Delete the second left-square-bracket “[“ |
| 366 | In the sentence (It was given this label in Figure 10.1.) Change Figure 10.1 to Figure 10.2. Also, ignore the link (shown underlined) |
| 398 | Add two instances of 〉 to the sentence beginning: Defining |0〉 = |z↑ and |1〉 = |z↓ a general qubit |q〉 is given by To give: Defining |0〉 = |z↑〉 and |1〉 = |z↓〉 a general qubit |q〉 is given by |
| 400 | In the sentence: (If you look at the discussion of spinors in chapter 4, you will see that this is |x↑, which is one of the basis spinors in the x-basis (note well: this is x not z). Change |x↑ To |x↑〉 The result will be: (If you look at the discussion of spinors in chapter 4, you will see that this is |x↑〉, which is one of the basis spinors in the x-basis (note well: this is x not z). |
Lesser Errors
Including typos and minor errors in sentences
| Page | Description |
| 4 | Change more-orless To more-or-less |
| 5 | Change diffi culty To difficulty |
| Various | There are a few other errors of a similar character to the above two examples. For example, in a very few cases pan-idealist has been written without a hyphen. |
| 14 | You fill a glass with from a nearby tap Delete with |
| 31 | In the sentence (This motivates the idea that consciousness is fundamental, existing everywhere and at all times: see proposal (F) below.) Make (F) bold |
| 110 111 112 | Change Twin’s To Twins’ (in the subheading) Same change (in the body of the text) Same Change (in the caption to Figure 3.5) |
| 118 | In the subheading Communalities Remove italics (but keep bold) because this is a level-one subheading |
| 257 | Change grow be To grow to be |
| 286 | In the subheading Is this characterisation neces sary? Change neces sary To necessary |
| 351 | In the subheading The concept of macroscopic in GRW Remove italics (but keep bold) because this is a level-one subheading |
| 369 | In the sentence Unfortunately, the underlined phrase is not strictly meaningful in a relativistic context. Replace the word underlined with the word emphasised |
Errors in links
The following all refer to spurious links in the eBook
No changes are needed: Just IGNORE SUCH LINKS
| Page | Description |
| 20 | Dennett(1991, chapter 9) Ignore the link (Because the reference is to chapter 9 in Dennett’s book) |
| Similarly ignore all such links below… | |
| 70 | Gregg Rosenberg (2004, Part II) |
| 70 | Brüntrup and Jaskolla (2017, Part II) |
| 71 | Brüntrup and Jaskolla (2017, chapter 4) |
| 229 | (for Davies & Brown, 1993, chapter 5) |
| 246 | Dürr, Goldstein & Zanghì (2013, Part III) |
| 251 | Maudlin (2019, chapter 6) |
| 251 | Norsen (2017, chapter 10) |
| 264 | Maudlin (2019, chapter 4) |
| 264 | Norsen (2017, chapter 9) |
| 289 | (see Brüntrup & Jaskolla, 2017, chapter 16) |
| 294 | Brüntrup & Jaskolla (2017, their Part III) |
| 324 | (see Hodgson, 1991, chapter 5) |
| 338 | Stapp (2007, chapters 4–6) Ignore both links |
| 358 | Griffiths and Schroeter (2018, chapter 5) |
| 391 | If you are concerned that the percepts of many experients, such as (5), are empty, it is possible to modify the toy universe such that the chair is invariably seen. Ignore the link |
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