Permanent Underdetermination from Approximate Empirical Equivalence in Field Theory: Massless and Massive Scalar Gravity, Neutrino, Electromagnetic, Yang–Mills and Gravitational Theories

DOI10.1093/BJPS/AXQ014zbMath1266.81131arXiv1606.06970OpenAlexW2157740536MaRDI QIDQ4916276

Publication date: 22 April 2013

Published in: The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1606.06970

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

General and philosophical questions in quantum theory (81P05) Yang-Mills and other gauge theories in quantum field theory (81T13) Gravitational interaction in quantum theory (81V17) Quantization of the gravitational field (83C45) Axiomatic quantum field theory; operator algebras (81T05) Weak interaction in quantum theory (81V15) Yang-Mills and other gauge theories in mechanics of particles and systems (70S15)

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