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        Spacelike and Timelike Non-Locality

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        2019
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        Rijken, S.M.
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        In this thesis, I analyze the concepts of spacelike and timelike non-locality in the context of Bell’s conceptual framework and the EPR-type thought experiment. After defining locality in this context, I argue in favor of a Shimonian subdivision of independence assumptions about parameters of an EPR-type thought experiment and I argue against alternative subdivisions. I then discuss direct timelike analogues of spacelike locality that have recently been introduced in the literature on quantum foundations. I argue that there are indeed good reasons for considering the possibilities for timelike non-locality, but that the formal similarity between spacelike and timelike locality in the context of Bell’s conceptual framework is misleading. I conclude that spacelike and timelike non-locality are strongly disanalogous.
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        https://studenttheses.uu.nl/handle/20.500.12932/31885
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