Lapsing Quickly into Fatalism: Bell on Backward Causation

This is a dialogue between Huw Price and Travis Norsen, loosely inspired by a letter that Price received from J. S. Bell in 1988. The main topic of discussion is Bell’s views about retrocausal approaches to quantum theory and their relevance to contemporary issues.

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Main Authors: Travis Norsen, Huw Price
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-02-01
Series:Entropy
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1099-4300/23/2/251
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Lapsing Quickly into Fatalism: Bell on Backward Causation
Entropy
quantum theory
retrocausality
superdeterminism
J S Bell
title Lapsing Quickly into Fatalism: Bell on Backward Causation
title_full Lapsing Quickly into Fatalism: Bell on Backward Causation
title_fullStr Lapsing Quickly into Fatalism: Bell on Backward Causation
title_full_unstemmed Lapsing Quickly into Fatalism: Bell on Backward Causation
title_short Lapsing Quickly into Fatalism: Bell on Backward Causation
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topic quantum theory
retrocausality
superdeterminism
J S Bell
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