Realism, underdetermination and string theory dualities

DOI10.1007/s11229-011-0041-3zbMath1284.83156OpenAlexW2069307167MaRDI QIDQ2441737

Keizo Matsubara

Publication date: 28 March 2014

Published in: Synthese (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11229-011-0041-3

zbMATH Keywords

realismstring theoryunderdeterminationstructural realismphilosophy of physics

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

String and superstring theories in gravitational theory (83E30)

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