Spacetime is as spacetime does

DOI10.1016/j.shpsb.2018.04.003zbMath1402.83040arXiv1803.04374OpenAlexW2793028905WikidataQ98469695 ScholiaQ98469695MaRDI QIDQ1626480

Christian Wüthrich, Vincent Lam

Publication date: 27 November 2018

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://arxiv.org/abs/1803.04374

zbMATH Keywords

loop quantum gravityemergence of spacetimelocal beablesmultiple realizabilityconstitutionfunctionalismcausal set theoryempirical incoherence

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Quantization of the gravitational field (83C45) Einstein's equations (general structure, canonical formalism, Cauchy problems) (83C05) Physics (00A79)

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