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On Identifying Background-Structure in Classical Field Theories
background-structure background-independence geometric objects absolute objects space-time structures Newton Einstein Newtonian mechanics Newtonian gravitation general relativity classical field theories action-reaction principle Trautman-Anderson-Friedman programme
2016/6/15
I examine a property of theories called ‘background-independence’ that Einsteinian gravitation is thought to exemplify. This concept has figured in the work of Rovelli (2001; 2004), Smolin (2006), Giu...
Empirically Adequate but Observably False Theories
empirical adequacy truth coordinated isomorphism strict empirical adequacy
2016/6/14
I show that a theory may be empirically adequate according to van Fraassen's definition even though it can be observationally determined that the theory is false. I suggest a modification of empirical...
The Semantics of Scientific Theories
semantics of theories logical empiricism received view theoretical terms vagueness analyticity analytic-synthetic distinction
2016/6/14
Marian Przełęcki’s semantics for the Received View is a good explication of Carnap’s position on the subject, anticipates many discussions and results from both proponents and opponents of t...
Lateral and vertical transfer in biology,linguistics and anthropology-An account of widely neglected ideas in the formation of evolutionary theories
unilinear transmission of cultural and biological replicators phylogenetic images of descent tree of life and the tree of languages metaphors 'antidotes' to evolution lateral and vertical transfer in biology linguistics and the history of sciences networks and reticulations Sprachbund mixed languages endosymbiosis cultural diffusion anti-evolutionism evolutionary epistemiology
2016/6/14
Models of biological and cultural evolution that developed from the 19th century onward are characterized by two main features:(1)They were mostly centered on the unilinear transmission of cultural an...
Causality and Chance in Relativistic Quantum Field Theories
Local causality Microcausality Bell correlations Relativistic quantum field theories Pragmatist interpretation Causal intervention
2016/6/13
Bell appealed to the theory of relativity in formulating his principle of local causality. But he maintained that quantum field theories do not conform to that principle, even when their field equatio...
The emergence of spacetime in quantum theories of gravity
spacetime quantum gravity emergence
2016/6/13
This is the introduction to the special issue of Studies in the History and Philosophy of Modern Physics on the emergence of spacetime in quantum theories of spacetime.
Pragmatists and Purists on CPT Invariance in Relativistic Quantum Field Theories
quantum field theory CPT theorem causal perturbation theory
2016/6/12
Philosophers of physics are split on whether foundational issues in relativistic quantum field theory (RQFT) should be framed within pragmatist approaches, which trade mathematical rigor for the abili...
Inertial motion,explanation,and the foundations of classical spacetime theories
Inertial motion geodesic principle general relativity Newton-Cartan theory geometrized Newtonian gravitation explanation puzzle-ball view
2016/5/31
I begin by reviewing some recent work on the status of the geodesic principle in general relativity and the geometrized formulation of Newtonian gravitation. I then turn to the question of whether eit...
What's Right With a Syntactic Approach to Theories and Models?
syntactic view semantic view received view structuralism axiomatization formalization genetic method structure pure structure embedding
2016/5/30
Syntactic approaches in the philosophy of science, which are based on formalizations in predicate logic, are often considered in principle inferior to semantic approaches, which are based on formaliza...
Pristinism under Pressure---Ruetsche on the Interpretation of Quantum Theories
quantum theories algebraic approach interpretation physical possibility phase transitions symmetry breaking scientific realism
2016/5/30
Review of Laura Ruetsche's book "Interpreting Quantum Theories".
The structure of idealization in biological theories:the case of the Wright-Fisher model
idealization theory biology possible worlds
2016/5/30
In this paper we present a new framework of idealization in biology. We characterize idealizations as a network of counterfactual and hypothetical conditionals that can exhibit different “degrees of c...
Emergence in Effective Field Theories
emergence effective field theory quantum field theory
2016/5/27
This essay considers the extent to which a concept of emergence can be associated with Effective Field Theories (EFTs). I suggest that such a concept can be characterized by microphysicalism and novel...
On emergence in gauge theories at the 't Hooft limit
Emergence gauge theories the 't Hooft limit quantum chromodynamics supersymmetry planarity integrability
2016/5/27
Quantum field theories are notoriously difficult to understand, physically as well as philosophically. The aim of this paper is to contribute to a better conceptual understanding of gauge quantum fiel...
Primitive Ontology and the Structure of Fundamental Physical Theories
Quantum theories primitive ontology wave function ontology symmetry properties
2016/5/27
For a long time, it was believed that it was impossible to be realist about quantum mechanics. It took quite a while for the researchers in the foundations of physics, beginning with John Stuart Bell ...
On the Inherent Incompleteness of Scientific Theories
A scientific theory Observations of the evidence
2015/7/31
We examine the question of whether scientific theories can ever be complete. For two closely related reasons, we will argue that they cannot. The first reason is the inability to determine what are “v...