Title
Why quantum mechanics favors adynamical and acausal interpretations such as relational blockworld over backwardly causal and time-symmetric rivals
Document Type
Article
Publication Title
Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part B - Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics
Publication Date
11-1-2008
Abstract
We articulate the problems posed by the quantum liar experiment (QLE) for backwards causation interpretations of quantum mechanics, time-symmetric accounts and other dynamically oriented local hidden variable theories. We show that such accounts cannot save locality in the case of QLE merely by giving up "lambda-independence." In contrast, we show that QLE poses no problems for our acausal Relational Blockworld interpretation of quantum mechanics, which invokes instead adynamical global constraints to explain Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen (EPR) correlations and QLE. We make the case that the acausal and adynamical perspective is more fundamental and that dynamical entities obeying dynamical laws are emergent features grounded therein. © 2008 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Volume
39
Issue
4
First Page
736
Last Page
751
DOI
10.1016/j.shpsb.2008.07.005
ISSN
13552198
E-ISSN
18792502
Recommended Citation
Silberstein, Michael; Cifone, Michael; and Stuckey, William Mark, "Why quantum mechanics favors adynamical and acausal interpretations such as relational blockworld over backwardly causal and time-symmetric rivals" (2008). Faculty Publications. 1352.
https://jayscholar.etown.edu/facpubharvest/1352
