时间对称量子力学方法中真的存在“逆因果”吗？
量子物理
2017-06-07 v2
摘要
量子理论的时间对称诠释常被呈现为除了通常的前向因果概念外还具有“逆因果”效应。本文考察了某些时间对称理论的本体论含义，发现无论前向还是后向，都没有动态的因果概念适用于它们。结论是此类理论实际上描述了一幅静态图景，其中因果概念被降级为对事件间静态关系的描述符。此外，这些理论导致了量子态的认知而非本体指称的实在论观点。
引用
@article{arxiv.1607.04196,
title = {Is There Really "Retrocausation" in Time-Symmetric Approaches to Quantum Mechanics?},
author = {R. E. Kastner},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1607.04196},
year = {2017}
}
备注
A few minor editorial changes and an expanded Conclusion section addressing the issue of whether 'causation' talk can ever mean anything dynamical as opposed to merely perspectival. Comments welcome. Paper given at the Retrocausation Workshop of the AAAS annual meeting, June 2016