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Constructive Axiomatics in Spacetime Physics Part III: A Constructive Axiomatic Approach to Quantum Spacetime

Adlam, Emily and Linnemann, Niels and Read, James (2022) Constructive Axiomatics in Spacetime Physics Part III: A Constructive Axiomatic Approach to Quantum Spacetime. [Preprint]

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Abstract

The Ehlers-Pirani-Schild (EPS) constructive axiomatisation of general relativity, published in 1972, purports to build up the kinematical structure of that theory from only axioms which have indubitable empirical content. It is, therefore, of profound significance both to the epistemology and to the metaphysics of spacetime theories. In this article, we consider extensions of the EPS axiomatisation towards quantum general relativity based upon quantum mechanical inputs (Part III). There are two companion papers, in which we provide a pedagogical walkthrough to the EPS axiomatisation (Part I), and discuss the significance of constructive approaches to spacetime structure more generally (Part II).


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Item Type: Preprint
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Adlam, Emilyeadlam90@gmail.com
Linnemann, Nielsnielslinnemann@aol.com0000-0002-3695-8611
Read, Jamesjames.read@philosophy.ox.ac.uk
Keywords: general relativity, constructive axiomatics, quantum mechanics, branching spacetimes
Subjects: Specific Sciences > Physics > Quantum Gravity
Specific Sciences > Physics > Quantum Mechanics
Specific Sciences > Physics > Relativity Theory
Depositing User: Dr. James Read
Date Deposited: 14 Aug 2022 02:39
Last Modified: 14 Aug 2022 02:39
Item ID: 21050
Subjects: Specific Sciences > Physics > Quantum Gravity
Specific Sciences > Physics > Quantum Mechanics
Specific Sciences > Physics > Relativity Theory
Date: 13 August 2022
URI: https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/21050

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