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The Philosophy behind Quantum Gravity
dc.contributor.author | Zinkernagel, Henrik | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2014-01-21T11:41:05Z | |
dc.date.available | 2014-01-21T11:41:05Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2006 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Zinkernagel, H. The Philosophy behind Quantum Gravity. Theoria, 21(3): 295-312 (2006). [http://hdl.handle.net/10481/29897] | es_ES |
dc.identifier.issn | 0495-4548 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 2171-679X | |
dc.identifier.other | doi: 10.1387/theoria.522 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10481/29897 | |
dc.description.abstract | This paper investigates some of the philosophical and conceptual issues raised by the search for a quantum theory of gravity. It is critically discussed whether such a theory is necessary in the first place, and how much would be accomplished if it is eventually constructed. I argue that the motivations behind, and expectations to, a theory of quantum gravity are entangled with central themes in the philosophy of science, in particular unification, reductionism, and the interpretation of quantum mechanics. I further argue that there are —contrary to claims made on behalf of string theory— no good reasons to think that a quantum theory of gravity, if constructed, will provide a theory of everything, that is, a fundamental theory from which all physics in principle can be derived. | es_ES |
dc.description.sponsorship | Spanish Ministry of Education and Science (project HUM2005-07187-C03-03). | es_ES |
dc.language.iso | eng | es_ES |
dc.publisher | Universidad del País Vasco | es_ES |
dc.rights | Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 License | es_ES |
dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ | es_ES |
dc.subject | Reductionism | es_ES |
dc.subject | Quantum gravity | es_ES |
dc.subject | Quantum mechanics | es_ES |
dc.subject | Unity of physics | es_ES |
dc.title | The Philosophy behind Quantum Gravity | es_ES |
dc.type | info:eu-repo/semantics/article | es_ES |
dc.rights.accessRights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess | es_ES |