Why conceptual rigour matters to philosophy: on the ontological significance of algebraic quantum field theory

DOI10.1007/s10701-010-9474-7zbMath1214.81130OpenAlexW2054156398MaRDI QIDQ535663

Meinard Kuhlmann

Publication date: 13 May 2011

Published in: Foundations of Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10701-010-9474-7

zbMATH Keywords

algebraic quantum field theoryontology

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Axiomatic quantum field theory; operator algebras (81T05) Applications of selfadjoint operator algebras to physics (46L60) Operator algebra methods applied to problems in quantum theory (81R15)

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