IS ALGEBRAIC LORENTZ-COVARIANT QUANTUM-FIELD THEORY STOCHASTIC EINSTEIN LOCAL - DISCUSSION

Authors
MULLER FA BUTTERFIELD J
Citation
Fa. Muller et J. Butterfield, IS ALGEBRAIC LORENTZ-COVARIANT QUANTUM-FIELD THEORY STOCHASTIC EINSTEIN LOCAL - DISCUSSION, Philosophy of science, 61(3), 1994, pp. 457-474
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
History & Philosophy of Sciences","History & Philosophy of Sciences
Journal title
Philosophy of science → ACNP
ISSN journal
00318248
Volume
61
Issue
3
Year of publication
1994
Pages
457 - 474
Database
ISI
SICI code
0031-8248(1994)61:3<457:IALQTS>2.0.ZU;2-Q
Abstract
The general context of this paper is the locality problem in quantum t heory. In a recent issue of this journal, Redei (1991) offered a proof of the proposition that algebraic Lorentz-covariant quantum field the ory is past stochastic Einstein local. We show that Redei's proof is e ither spurious or circular, and that it contains two deducstive fallac ies. Furthermore, we prove that the mentioned theory meets the stronge r condition of stochastic Haag locality.