On the different forms of quantum acausality

Gino Tarozzi

pp. 435-447

in: Claudio Garola, Arcangelo Rossi (eds), The foundations of quantum mechanics, Berlin, Springer, 1995

Abstract

Four empirical formulations of the causality principle, due respectively to Laplace, Kant, John S. Mill and Hume, are discussed in relation to the philosophy of quantum mechanics, showing how they are all violated by the basic principles of the Copenhagen interpretation, whereas they are perfectly compatible, with the only exception of Laplacean determinism, with a realistic reinterpretation of the present theory.

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Kant Immanuel