Background Independence in Classical and Quantum Gravity.
The article focuses on James Read's book, "Background Independence in Classical and Quantum Gravity," which analyzes the concept of background independence in the context of general relativity and other theories. It discusses how background independence is not a singular, well-defined notion but rat...
| Publicado en: | Philosophy of Science Vol. 92; no. 4; pp. 1034 - 1039 |
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Cambridge University Press
Oct2025
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