Koberinski, Adam and Dunlap, Lucas and Harper, William L. (2017) Do the EPR Correlations Pose a Problem for Causal Decision Theory? Synthese. ISSN 1573-0964

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We argue that Causal Decision Theory (CDT) is no worse off than Evidential Decision Theory (EDT) in handling entanglement, regardless of one’s preferred interpretation of quantum mechanics. In recent works, Ahmed (2014) and Ahmed and Caulton (2014) have claimed the opposite; we argue that they are mistaken. Bell-type experiments are not instances of Newcomb problems, so CDT and EDT do not diverge in their recommendations. We highlight the fact that a Causal Decision Theorist should take all lawlike correlations into account, including potentially acausal entanglement correlations. This paper also provides a brief introduction to CDT with a motivating “small” Newcomb problem. The main point of our argument is that quantum theory does not provide grounds for favouring EDT over CDT.

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Item Type:	Published Article or Volume
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID Koberinski, Adam akoberin@uwo.ca Dunlap, Lucas ldunlap1@uwo.ca Harper, William L.
Keywords:	Causal decision theory, Quantum mechanics, EPR correlations, Newcomb’s Problem
Subjects:	General Issues > Decision Theory Specific Sciences > Physics > Quantum Mechanics
Depositing User:	Dr. Lucas Dunlap
Date Deposited:	10 Nov 2017 02:22
Last Modified:	10 Nov 2017 02:22
Item ID:	14104
Journal or Publication Title:	Synthese
Publisher:	Springer (Springer Science+Business Media B.V.)
Subjects:	General Issues > Decision Theory Specific Sciences > Physics > Quantum Mechanics
Date:	2017
ISSN:	1573-0964
URI:	https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/14104

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