Filozofija Kvantne mehanike
Ciklus predavanja
Odeljenje za filozofiju - Filozofski fakultet - Univerzitet u Beogradu
25. oktobar 2013. u 13h
(Filozofsko društvo Srbije, 2. medjusprat, Filozofski fakultet)
Miklós Rédei
Department of Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method
London School of Economics
The Principle of the Common Cause
The Principle of the Common Cause states that every probabilistic correlation is
due either to a direct causal link between the correlated entities or is brought
about by a third factor, a so-called (Reichenbachian) common cause. The talk
outlines the method of how one can assess the status of the Common Cause
Principle in the spirit of empirical philosophy and reviews common cause
completability and causal completability results that are directly relevant from the
perspective of evaluating the status of the Common Cause Principle in light of the
evidence provided by our scientific theories, especially physics. The main message
of the talk is that, assessing the status of the Common Cause Principle is a very
subtle matter with a number of problems still open and that at present we do not
have empirical evidence that could be regarded as contradicting the Common
Cause Principle.