Fenton-Glynn, L;
Kroedel, T;
(2015)
Relativity, Quantum Entanglement, Counterfactuals, and Causation.
The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science
, 66
(1)
pp. 45-67.
10.1093/bjps/axt040.
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Abstract
We investigate whether standard counterfactual analyses of causation (CACs) imply that the outcomes of space-like separated measurements on entangled particles are causally related. While 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 upon this. We discuss ways in which Lewis's semantics and standard CACs might be extended to the case of space-like correlations.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Relativity, Quantum Entanglement, Counterfactuals, and Causation |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1093/bjps/axt040 |
| Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/bjps/axt040 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This is a pre-copyedited, author-produced PDF of an article accepted for publication in The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science following peer review. The version of record Fenton-Glynn, L; Kroedel, T; (2015) Relativity, Quantum Entanglement, Counterfactuals, and Causation. The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science , 66 (1) pp. 45-67., is available online at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/bjps/axt040. |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of Arts and Humanities UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of Arts and Humanities > Dept of Philosophy |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1473482 |
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