Philosophy of Science

Should we Explain the EPR Correlations Causally?

Andrew Elby

Published Mar 1, 1992• 16 citations

Abstract

Using three intuitive notions about causes, including Redhead's robustness condition, I formulate necessary conditions on partial causes. I then demonstrate that we cannot explain the EPR correlations in terms of partial causes unless we abandon the quantum mechanical framework and adopt a nonlocal hidden-variable theory. The argument, unlike its predecessors, does not appeal to relativity theory.

DOI: 10.1086/289651

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