Arguing against fundamentality

DOI10.1016/J.SHPSB.2011.09.002MaRDI QIDQ426024zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Kerry McKenzie

Publication date 10 June 2012

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 http://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/8861/1/SHPMPArchiveVersion.pdf

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zbMATH Keywords

metaphysicsfundamentalityhistory of particle physicsontological dependencephilosophy of particle physics

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

General and philosophical questions in quantum theory (81P05) (S)-matrix theory, etc. in quantum theory (81U20)

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