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Space-Time Counterfactuals

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A definition is proposed to give precise meaning to the counterfactual statements that often appear in discussions of the implications of quantum mechanics. Of particular interest are counterfactual statements which involve events occurring at space-like separated points, which do not have an absolute time ordering. Some consequences of this definition are discussed.

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Finkelstein, J. Space-Time Counterfactuals. Synthese 119, 287–298 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1005286229775

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Keywords

  • Quantum Theory
  • Actual World
  • Free Choice
  • Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
  • Lorentz Frame