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The paper argues that a causal explanation of the correlated outcomes of EPR-type experiments is desirable and possible. It shows how Bohmian mechanics and the GRW mass density theory offer such an explanation in terms of a non-local common cause.
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Parts of this paper were presented at the PhiloSTEM-5 Workshop (Fort Wayne IN, March 2013) and the Conference on Causality and Experimentation in the Sciences (Paris, July 2013). We wish to thank the participants of these events, in particular Charles Sebens and Phil Dowe, for insightful comments. We are also grateful to Sheldon Goldstein, Nicolas Gisin and two anonymous referees for helpful remarks.
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Egg, M., Esfeld, M. Non-local common cause explanations for EPR. Euro Jnl Phil Sci 4, 181–196 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13194-013-0081-2
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