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The Limits of Common Cause Approach to EPR Correlation

Katsuaki Higashi

Foundations of PhysicsMay 7, 20085 citations

Non-local common cause explanations for EPR

Matthias Egg, Michaël Esfeld

European Journal for Philosophy of ScienceJan 15, 201420 citations

Common Cause Realism in the EPR Experiment

Adrian Wüthrich

Jan 1, 20120 citations

A no-go result on common cause approaches via Hardy relations

Katsuaki Higashi

Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part B Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern PhysicsMay 11, 20192 citations

No-common-cause EPR-like Funny Business in Branching Space-times

Nuel Belnap

Philosophical StudiesJun 1, 200326 citations

EPR CORRELATIONS, BELL INEQUALITIES AND COMMON CAUSE SYSTEMS

Gábor Hofer‐Szabó

Standard common causal explanations of the EPR situation assume a so-called joint common cause system that is a common cause for all correlations. However, the assumption of a joint common cause system together with some other physically motivated assumptions concerning locality and no-conspiracy results in various Bell inequalities. Since Bell inequalities are violated for appropriate measurement settings, a local, non-conspiratorial joint common causal explanation of the EPR situation is ruled out. But why do we assume that a common causal explanation of a set of correlation consists in finding a joint common cause system for all correlations and not just in finding separate common cause systems for the different correlations? What are the \nperspectives of a local, non-conspiratorial separate common causal explanation for the EPR scenario? And finally, how do Bell inequalities relate to the weaker assumption of separate common cause systems? \nStandard common causal explanations of the EPR situation assume a so-called joint common cause system that is a common cause for all correlations. However, the assumption of a joint common cause system together with some other physically motivated assumptions concerning locality and no-conspiracy results in various Bell inequalities. Since Bell inequalities are violated for appropriate measurement settings, a local, non-conspiratorial joint common causal explanation of the EPR situation is ruled out. But why do we assume that a common causal explanation of a set of correlation consists in finding a joint common cause system for all correlations and not just in finding separate common cause systems for the different correlations? What are the \nperspectives of a local, non-conspiratorial separate common causal explanation for the EPR scenario? And finally, how do Bell inequalities relate to the weaker assumption of separate common cause systems? \n

Mar 5, 20141 citation

Separate Common Causes and EPR Correlations: An “Almost No-Go” Result

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