Relativity, quantumentanglement, counterfactuals, and causation

Luke Fenton-Glynn; Thomas Kroedel

doi:10.1093/bjps/axt040

Relativity, quantumentanglement, counterfactuals, and causation

Luke Fenton-Glynn
, Thomas Kroedel

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We investigate whether standard counterfactual analyses of causation (CACs) imply that the outcomes of space-like separated measurements on entangled particles are causally related. Althoughithassometimes been claimedthat standard CACs imply suchacausal relation, we argue that a careful examination of David Lewis's influential counterfactual semantics casts doubt on this. We discuss ways in which Lewis's semantics and standard CACs might be extended to the case of space-like correlations.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	45-67
Number of pages	23
Journal	British Journal for the Philosophy of Science
Volume	66
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/bjps/axt040
Publication status	Published - 1 Mar 2015
Externally published	Yes

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