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The Standard Model of particle physics in other universes
Particles space-time symmetry structuralism
2008/4/21
The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate how the mathematical objects and structures associated with the particle physics in other universes, can be inferred from the mathematical objects and struc...
Theory Construction and Experimentation in High Energy Particle Physics, Circa 1960-1970.
scientific experimentation theory-ladenness of experimentation
2008/4/21
In this paper, I address the issue of to what extent the theory-dominated view of scientific experimentation describes scientific practice. I rely on a time period from the history of High Energy Phys...
What Branching Spacetime Might Do for Physics
branching spacetime non-Hausdorff quantum gravity
2008/4/18
In recent years, the branching spacetime (BST) interpretation of quantum mechanics has come under study by a number of philosophers, physicists and mathematicians. This paper points out some implicati...
The laws of physics were not handed down from above. Neither are they rules somehow built into the structure of the universe. They are ingredients of the models that physicists invent to describe obse...
Models as a Tool for Theory Construction: Some Strategies of Preliminary Physics
Strategies of Preliminary Theory Construction
2008/4/15
Theoretical models are an important tool for many aspects of scientific activity. They are used, i.a., to structure data, to apply theories or even to construct new theories. But what exactly is a mod...
Fundamental theories are hard to come by. But even if we had them, they would be too complicated to apply. Quantum chromodynamics (QCD) is a case in point. This theory is supposed to govern all strong...
There are interesting parallels between some of McTaggart’s metaphysical views and developments from contemporary physics. Can McTaggart’s positive metaphysical views provide guidance in understanding...
Mathematical Rigor in Physics: Putting Exact Results in Their Place
rigorous results mathematical rigor condensed matter physics
2008/4/15
The present paper examines the role of exact results in the theory of many-body physics, and specifically the example of the Mermin-Wagner theorem, a rigorous result concerning the absence of phase tr...
Many arguments found in the physics literature involve concepts that are not well-defined by the usual standards of mathematics. I argue that physicists are entitled to employ such concepts without ri...
Is There an Independent Principle of Causality in Physics? A Comment on Matthias Frisch, “Causal Reasoning in Physics.”
causality causation dispersion scattering
2008/4/15
Matthias Frisch has argued that the requirement that electromagnetic dispersion processes are causal adds empirical content not found in electrodynamic theory. I urge that this attempt to reconstitute...
There is a huge chasm between the notion of lawful determination that figures in fundamental physics, and the notion of causal determination that figures in the "folk physics" of everyday objects. In ...
Introduction to The Philosophy of Physics: Volume 2 of the North-Holland series, the Handbook of the Philosophy of Science
relativity theory quantum theory thermal physics
2008/4/15
This is the editors' introduction to a new anthology of commissioned articles covering the various branches of philosophy of physics. We introduce the articles in terms of the three pillars of modern ...
Indeterminism, Asymptotic Reasoning, and Time Irreversibility in Classical Physics.
determinism indeterminism acausality
2008/4/14
A recent proposal of Norton (2003) to show that a simple Newtonian system can exhibit stochastic acausal behavior by giving rise to spontaneous movements of a mass on the dome of a certain shape is ex...
High Energy Physics and Constructive Empiricism
elementary particle physics constructive empiricism
2008/4/14
Progress in elementary particle physics in recent decades has changed the status of the visible phenomena in the context of scientific research. Empiricist positions in philosophy of science, which pu...
Essay Review: Probability in Classical Statistical Physics
probability classical statistical mechanics
2008/4/11
Review article of Y.M. Guttmann, The Concept of Probability in Statistical Physics, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1999