Background independence: lessons for further decades of dispute

DOI10.1016/J.SHPSB.2018.10.001MaRDI QIDQ666914zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Trevor Teitel

Publication date 12 March 2019

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 http://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/15092/1/Trevor%20Teitel%20-%20Background%20Independence%20-%20penultimate.pdf

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Philosophy of mathematics (00A30) Physics (00A79)

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