String theory, non-empirical theory assessment, and the context of pursuit.

In this paper, I offer an analysis of the radical disagreement over the adequacy of string theory. The prominence of string theory despite its notorious lack of empirical support is sometimes explained as a troubling case of science gone awry, driven largely by sociological mechanisms such as groupt...

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Publicado en:Synthese Vol. 198; pp. 3671 - 3700
Autor principal: Cabrera, Frank
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Springer Nature Jul2021 Supplement 16
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