Bell correlations can be embedded in relational frameworks, such as Rovelli's relational quantum mechanics, where non-factorizability reflects observer-relative states rather than non-local causation.

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1.Relational QM avoids action-at-a-distance by treating correlations as facts about observer-system interactions, not pre-existing properties.
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2.Non-factorizability in Bell tests reflects genuine limits on independent property assignment, consistent with relationalism's core principle.
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3.Observer-relative states eliminate the need for hidden variables or faster-than-light signaling while preserving empirical Bell predictions.
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1.Shifting correlations to 'observer-relative states' merely relocates the mystery rather than explaining why measurements yield entangled outcomes.
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2.Relationalism struggles to explain Bell violations across *different* observers without reintroducing non-locality or mind-dependence of facts.
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3.Experimental Bell tests constrain spacetime structure itself; labeling this as perspectival doesn't address the underlying geometric constraint.
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Key Terms

Bell correlations(quantum mechanics): A type of connection between particles discovered by physicist John Bell, where measuring one particle instantly affects what you'll find when measuring another particle, even if they're far apart.
Carlo Rovelli(in quantum mechanics): A contemporary physicist and philosopher who proposed that quantum mechanics makes sense if we think of all properties as relative to whoever is observing them.
Non-factorizability(in quantum mechanics): A technical way of saying that two things are so interconnected you can't separate them into independent parts—what happens to one depends on the other.
Non-local causation(in quantum physics and philosophy): A situation where one thing instantly influences another thing far away, without anything traveling between them—which seems to violate our intuitions about how cause and effect work.
Observer-relative states(in relational quantum mechanics): The idea that the condition or properties of something depend on who is looking at it, rather than being the same for everyone.
Relational frameworks(in quantum mechanics philosophy): A way of thinking about reality where things only have properties relative to other things observing them, rather than having fixed properties on their own.
Relational quantum mechanics(in physics philosophy): A theory suggesting that quantum particles don't have definite properties until they're observed, and those properties only exist relative to the observer.

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