Entanglement Without Causation: A Causal Eliminativist Dissolution

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Authors: Ryuhei ISHIBASHI
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Abstract

The tension between quantum entanglement and relativistic causality has persisted fornearly a century. Bell inequality violations demonstrate correlations inexplicable by localhidden variables, yet relativity prohibits faster-than-light causal inuences. We dissolvethis tension through causal eliminativism: causation does not exist in fundamental physics.Three results follow: (1) Bell correlations are derivable as atemporal relational constraintswithout causation; (2) relativity prohibits superluminal causation, which does not exist,not superluminal correlation, which does; (3) the measurement problem disappears whenreconceived as constraint activation rather than causal collapse. The 90-year problem wasan artifact of imposing causal categories onto an acausal world. We survey the neo-Russelliantradition supporting this move, address the measurement problem's standard formulation(Maudlin 1995), and demonstrate concrete applications to the Wigner's friend scenario andBell's theorem premises.

Fields of Study & Subjects

Quantum Mechanics and Applications Philosophy and History of Science Relativity and Gravitational Theory

Publication details

Journal / source
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Publication date
14 January 2026
Language
EN
Document type
Preprint