A philosopher looks at string dualities

DOI10.1016/J.SHPSB.2010.12.005MaRDI QIDQ652842zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Dean Rickles

Publication date 17 December 2011

Published in Studies in History and Philosophy of Science. Part B. Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1016/j.shpsb.2010.12.005

zbMATH Keywords

dualityM-theorymirror symmetrystring theoryunderdetermination

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

General and philosophical questions in quantum theory (81P05) Quantum field theory; related classical field theories (81T99)

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