Entanglement Without Causation: A Causal Eliminativist Dissolution
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