A philosopher looks at string dualities

DOI10.1016/j.shpsb.2010.12.005zbMath1228.81043MaRDI QIDQ652842

Dean Rickles

Publication date: 17 December 2011

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.2010.12.005

zbMATH Keywords

mirror symmetry; duality; M-theory; string theory; underdetermination

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

81P05: General and philosophical questions in quantum theory

81T99: Quantum field theory; related classical field theories

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