The Many Problems of Spacetime Emergence in Quantum Gravity.
In this article, we argue that what is often discussed under the umbrella of spacetime emergence in the philosophy of quantum gravity in fact consists of a plethora of distinct and very different problems. We therefore advocate casting such debates more specifically in terms of the emergent spatiote...
| Publicado en: | British Journal for the Philosophy of Science Vol. 77; no. 3; pp. 795 - 822 |
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University of Chicago Press
Sep2026
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