Feynman's space-time view in quantum electrodynamics.
The present paper offers a reconstruction of what Feynman calls: "the overall spacetime view". To provide some background, I will rehearse Feynman's works on the absorber theory of radiation and on path integrals to emphasize the rejection of the so-called "customary view". Afterward, I will argue t...
| Publicado en: | Studies in History & Philosophy of Science Part A Vol. 93; pp. 136 - 149 |
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Elsevier B.V.
Jun2022
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