String theory and general methodology: a mutual evaluation

DOI10.1016/j.shpsb.2011.06.004zbMath1239.81058arXiv0912.3160OpenAlexW3123214512MaRDI QIDQ426019

Lars-Göran Johansson, Keizo Matsubara

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: https://arxiv.org/abs/0912.3160

zbMATH Keywords

string theorynaturalismgeneral methodologynorms for theory choicerealism/antirealism

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

General and philosophical questions in quantum theory (81P05) String and superstring theories; other extended objects (e.g., branes) in quantum field theory (81T30)

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