Relativity, Quantum Entanglement, Counterfactuals, and Causation
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8399475 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Luke Fenton-Glynn, L E Glynn (0000-0001-7002-1737, University College London), Thomas Kroedel (0000-0002-2159-8801, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 66 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 45-67 |
| Publication date | 2015-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| 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 | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/bjps/axt040 |
| OpenAlex | W2089234870 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 23 |
We investigate whether standard counterfactual analyses of causation (CACs) imply that the outcomes of space-like separated measurements on entangled particles are causally related. Although it has sometimes been claimed that standard CACs imply such a causal relation, we argue that a careful examination of David Lewis’s influential counterfactual semantics casts doubt on this. We discuss ways in which Lewis’s semantics and standard CACs might be extended to the case of space-like correlations. 1 Introduction2 Measurement Outcomes and Counterfactual Analyses of Causation3 Lewis’s Analysis 1 of Counterfactuals (‘Asymmetry-by-Fiat’) 3.1 Analysis 1 3.2 A frame-relative reading of Analysis 1 3.3 Frame-invariant readings of Analysis 1 3.4 Discussion4 Lewis’s Analysis 2 of Counterfactuals (‘Closest Worlds’)5 Extending the Everyday Concept of Cause6 Conclusion
Causation · Counterfactual conditional · Counterfactual thinking · Epistemology · Frame (networking) · Mathematical economics · Physics · Possible world · Quantum · Quantum entanglement · Quantum mechanics · Computer Science · Mathematics · Philosophy · Philosophy and History of Science · Philosophy and Theoretical Science · Quantum Mechanics and Applications
Events
Non-locality and Possible World
Physical Causation
Making Things Happen
Causation
The Metaphysics Within Physics
I.—On the Notion of Cause
Causality and Explanation
Counterfactuals and Spatiotemporal Events
Space-Time Counterfactuals
On Relativity Theory and Openness of the Future
David Lewis Meets John Bell
Causality Without Counterfactuals
Stochastic Einstein Locality Revisited
Bell's Theorem
On the Notion of Cause [1913]
| Unique citing works | 5 |
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| Citations per year | 0,45 |
| Citation span | 2015 - 2020 (6) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |