Why quantum mechanics favors adynamical and acausal interpretations such as relational blockworld over backwardly causal and time-symmetric rivals

DOI10.1016/J.SHPSB.2008.07.005MaRDI QIDQ643484zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors M. Silberstein, Michael Cifone, W. M. Stuckey

Publication date 31 October 2011

Published in Studies in History and Philosophy of Science. Part B. Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1016/j.shpsb.2008.07.005

zbMATH Keywords

backwards causationblockworldhidden variablelocalityrelational blockworldtime-symmetric quantum mechanics

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

General and philosophical questions in quantum theory (81P05)

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