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On quantum entanglement, counterfactuals, causality and dispositions

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dc.abstract.enThe existence of non-local correlations between outcomes of measurements in quantum entangled systems strongly suggests that we are dealing with some form of causation here. An assessment of this conjecture in the context of the collapse interpretation of quantum mechanics is the primary goal of this paper. Following the counterfactual approach to causation, I argue that the details of the underlying causal mechanism which could explain the non-local correlations in entangled states strongly depend on the adopted semantics for counterfactuals. Several relativistically-invariant interpretations of spatiotemporal counterfactual conditionals are discussed, and the corresponding causal stories describing interactions between parts of an entangled system are evaluated. It is observed that the most controversial feature of the postulated causal connections is not so much their non-local character as a peculiar type of circularity that affects them.
dc.affiliationUniwersytet Warszawski
dc.contributor.authorBigaj, Tomasz
dc.date.accessioned2024-01-25T15:45:34Z
dc.date.available2024-01-25T15:45:34Z
dc.date.copyright2017-01-12
dc.date.issued2020
dc.description.accesstimeBEFORE_PUBLICATION
dc.description.financePublikacja bezkosztowa
dc.description.versionFINAL_PUBLISHED
dc.description.volume197
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/S11229-016-1304-9
dc.identifier.issn0039-7857
dc.identifier.urihttps://repozytorium.uw.edu.pl//handle/item/114737
dc.identifier.weblinkhttps://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11229-016-1304-9
dc.languageeng
dc.pbn.affiliationphilosophy
dc.relation.ispartofSynthese
dc.relation.pages4161-4185
dc.rightsCC-BY
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dc.titleOn quantum entanglement, counterfactuals, causality and dispositions
dc.typeJournalArticle
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