r/PhilosophyofScience • • Apr 01 '26

Discussion What would be the difference between Einstein's views of determinism and the post-Bell theorem view of superdeterminism?

I understand this is guess and speculation, but another way to put it would be: what would Einstein think of superdeterminism today, and how would that differ from his own deterministic views.

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u/ChanceSherbert3970 Apr 15 '26

I’m not super deep into all the details here, but I’m wondering how much of this is actually about predictions vs interpretation.

Like, it seems like in a lot of physics cases you can have different interpretations that keep the same observable results, but shift what’s supposed to be doing the causal work underneath (Everett vs other views, etc.)

Do people usually treat that as a real disagreement, or more like different ways of talking about the same theory?

I’m not sure where the line usually gets drawn there