Linnemann, Niels (2019) Interpreting GR as a guideline for theory change. [Preprint]

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More than 100 years of applying and interpreting Einstein's theory of general relativity --- but what is next? In this essay, I explore to what extent GR itself suggests particular candidate successor theories --- or rather, to what extent the various empirical and conceptual interpretational stances one can take concerning GR do so. At a more general level, the essay thus aims at demonstrating how interpretational questions allow for systematically generating hypotheses about a successor theory to GR, and thus conceiving of in particular the theory change from GR as a well-guided process.

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Item Type:	Preprint
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID Linnemann, Niels niels.linnemann@unige.ch
Keywords:	theory change; theory interpretation; general relativity; quantum gravity; philosophy of discovery
Subjects:	General Issues > Operationalism/Instrumentalism Specific Sciences > Physics Specific Sciences > Physics > Quantum Gravity General Issues > Theory Change
Depositing User:	Niels Linnemann
Date Deposited:	28 Jan 2020 00:43
Last Modified:	28 Jan 2020 00:43
Item ID:	16857
Subjects:	General Issues > Operationalism/Instrumentalism Specific Sciences > Physics Specific Sciences > Physics > Quantum Gravity General Issues > Theory Change
Date:	September 2019
URI:	https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/16857

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