Kastner, Ruth (2004) Cramer's Transactional Interpretation and Causal Loop Problems. [Preprint]

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Abstract

Tim Maudlin's argument for the inconsistency of Cramer's Transactional Interpretation (TI) of quantum theory has been considered in some detail by Joseph Berkovitz, who has provided a possible solution to this challenge at the cost of a significant empirical lacuna on the part of TI. The present paper proposes an alternative solution in which Maudlin's charge of inconsistency is evaded but at no cost of empirical content on the part of TI. However, Maudlin's argument is taken as ruling out Cramer's heuristic ``pseudotime'' explanation of the realization of one transaction out of many.

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Item Type:	Preprint
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID Kastner, Ruth
Additional Information:	to appear in Synthese. This paper is based on research supported by National Science Foundation Grant No. 0323201
Keywords:	transactional interpretation, time symmetry, causality, quantum theory
Subjects:	Specific Sciences > Physics > Quantum Mechanics
Depositing User:	Ruth E. Kastner
Date Deposited:	17 Jul 2004
Last Modified:	07 Oct 2010 15:12
Item ID:	1833
Subjects:	Specific Sciences > Physics > Quantum Mechanics
Date:	July 2004
URI:	https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/1833

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