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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.