Can we "effectivize" spacetime?
According to effective realism , scientific theories give us knowledge about the unobservable world, but not at the fundamental level. This view is supported by the well-received effective-field-theory (EFT) approach to high energy physics, according to which even our most successful physical theori...
| Publicado en: | Studies in History & Philosophy of Science Part A Vol. 95; pp. 75 - 84 |
|---|---|
| Autor principal: | |
| Formato: | Artículo |
| Publicado: |
Elsevier B.V.
Oct2022
|
| Materias: | |
| Acceso en línea: | Ver este registro en EBSCOhost |
| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=hlh&AN=159217647&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: hlh uiTerm: 159217647 longDbName: Humanities International Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 00393681 HPS jtl: Studies in History & Philosophy of Science Part A issn: 00393681 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Oct2022 vid: 95 pid: 2410 pub: Elsevier B.V. artinfo: ui: 159217647 10.1016/j.shpsa.2022.07.004 ppf: 75 ppct: 9 formats: tig: atl: Can we "effectivize" spacetime? aug: au: Chen, Lu affil: Koc University, Department of Philosophy, SOS 156, Istanbul 34450, Turkey su: Spacetime Particle physics Quantum gravity sug: subj: Spacetime Particle physics Quantum gravity keyword: Effective field theory Effective quantum gravity Effective realism Renormalization Scientific realism ab: According to effective realism , scientific theories give us knowledge about the unobservable world, but not at the fundamental level. This view is supported by the well-received effective-field-theory (EFT) approach to high energy physics, according to which even our most successful physical theories are only applicable up to a certain energy scale and expected to break down beyond that. In this paper, I advance new challenges for effective realism and the EFT approach. I argue that effective quantum gravity (EQG) does not give us a realistic theory of spacetime even within its scope of validity. This also exposes a general interpretative dilemma faced by all EFTs concerning their indispensable references to classical spacetime beyond their scope of validity. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: Y dt: @attributes: year: 2022 holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
|---|