The role of heuristic appraisal in conflicting assessments of string theory

DOI10.1016/j.shpsb.2015.07.003zbMath1320.81079OpenAlexW1928759837MaRDI QIDQ493029

Kristian Camilleri, Sophie Ritson

Publication date: 11 September 2015

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.2015.07.003

zbMATH Keywords

quantum gravitystring theoryunified theoryheuristic appraisalscientific progress

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Unified quantum theories (81V22) String and superstring theories in gravitational theory (83E30) Gravitational interaction in quantum theory (81V17) Quantization of the gravitational field (83C45) String and superstring theories; other extended objects (e.g., branes) in quantum field theory (81T30) Physics (00A79)

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