On Superdeterministic Rejections of Settings Independence
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8399165 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Gerardo S Ciepielewski (Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, corresponding author), Elias Okon (0000-0003-3252-8304, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, corresponding author), Daniel Sudarsky (0000-0003-3042-4982, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 74 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 435-467 |
| Publication date | 2023-06-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0007-0882 • E-ISSN: 1464-3537 |
| Publisher | University of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1086/714819 |
| OpenAlex | W3154430494 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 21 |
Relying on some auxiliary assumptions, usually considered mild, Bell’s theorem proves that no local theory can reproduce all the predictions of quantum mechanics. In this work, we introduce a fully local, superdeterministic model that by explicitly violating ‘settings independence’—one of these auxiliary assumptions, requiring statistical independence between measurement settings and systems to be measured—is able to reproduce all the predictions of quantum mechanics. Moreover, we show that contrary to widespread expectations, our model can break settings independence without an initial state that is too complex to handle, without visibly losing all explanatory power, and without outright nullifying all of experimental science. Still, we argue that our model is unnecessarily complicated and does not offer true advantages over its non-local competitors. We conclude that while our model does not appear to be a viable contender to its non-local counterparts, it provides the ideal framework to advance the debate over violations of statistical independence via the superdeterministic route
Competitor analysis · Economics · Epistemology · Explanatory power · Ideal (ethics · Independence (probability theory · Mathematical economics · Physics · Quantum mechanics · Statistical Mechanics · Statistical physics · Statistics · Work (physics · Advanced Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics · Computer Science · Mathematics · Philosophy · Quantum Information and Cryptography · Quantum Mechanics and Applications
| Citations per year | 0.5 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2022 - 2024 (3) |
| Highly cited | No |