Bell-type Inequalities from Separate Common Causes
Grasshoff, Gerd and Wuethrich, Adrian (2008) Bell-type Inequalities from Separate Common Causes. In [2007] EPSA07: 1st Conference of the European Philosophy of Science Association (Madrid, 15-17 November, 2007).
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Abstract
In the light of recent discussions we present the main results of our project, the aim of which was to derive a Bell-type inequality from the weakest possible assumptions. A principal outcome of the project is that a Bell-type inequality can be derived from the assumption of separate common causes (Graßhoff, Portmann and Wüthrich 2005), even without the assumption of perfectly anticorrelating event types (Portmann and Wüthrich 2007). We also address the critique that in Graßhoff et al. (2005) we implicitly assume a common common cause (Hofer-Szabó forthcoming).
| Keywords: | principle of common cause, EPR paradox, Bell inequality |
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| Subjects: | General Issues: Causation Specific Sciences: Physics: Quantum Mechanics |
| Conferences and Volumes: | [2007] EPSA07: 1st Conference of the European Philosophy of Science Association (Madrid, 15-17 November, 2007) |
| ID Code: | 3807 |
| Deposited By: | Wuethrich, Adrian |
| Deposited On: | 25 April 2008 |