Friederich, S. (2015) Re-thinking local causality. Synthese, 192 (1). pp. 221-240. ISSN 1573-0964
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Abstract
There is widespread belief in a tension between quantum theory and special relativity, motivated by the idea that quantum theory violates J. S. Bell's criterion of local causality, which is meant to implement the causal structure of relativistic space-time. This paper argues that if one takes the essential intuitive idea behind local causality to be that probabilities in a locally causal theory depend only on what occurs in the backward light cone and if one regards objective probability as what imposes constraints on rational credence along the lines of David Lewis' Principal Principle, then one arrives at the view that whether or not Bell's criterion holds is irrelevant for whether or not local causality holds. The assumptions on which this argument rests are highlighted, and those that may seem controversial are motivated.
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| Keywords: | Quantum theory, special relativity, causality, probability, Principal Principle | ||||||
| Subjects: | General Issues > Causation Specific Sciences > Probability/Statistics Specific Sciences > Physics > Quantum Mechanics |
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| Depositing User: | Dr. Simon Friederich | ||||||
| Date Deposited: | 03 Nov 2015 16:53 | ||||||
| Last Modified: | 03 Nov 2015 16:53 | ||||||
| Item ID: | 11749 | ||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Synthese | ||||||
| Publisher: | Springer (Springer Science+Business Media B.V.) | ||||||
| Official URL: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs11229-... | ||||||
| DOI or Unique Handle: | 10.1007/s11229-014-0563-6 | ||||||
| Subjects: | General Issues > Causation Specific Sciences > Probability/Statistics Specific Sciences > Physics > Quantum Mechanics |
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| Date: | January 2015 | ||||||
| Page Range: | pp. 221-240 | ||||||
| Volume: | 192 | ||||||
| Number: | 1 | ||||||
| ISSN: | 1573-0964 | ||||||
| URI: | https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/11749 |
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