Baker, David John (2015) The Philosophy of Quantum Field Theory. [Preprint]
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Abstract
If we divide our physical theories (somewhat artificially) into theories of matter and theories of spacetime, quantum field theory (QFT) is our most fundamental empirically successful theory of matter. As such, it has attracted increasing attention from philosophers over the past two decades, beginning to eclipse its predecessor theory of quantum mechanics (QM) in the philosophical literature. Here I survey some central philosophical puzzles about the theory's foundations.
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| Additional Information: | Draft of an article for OXFORD HANDBOOKS ONLINE. | ||||||
| Keywords: | quantum field theory, unitarily inequivalent representations, CPT theorem, field interpretations, particle interpretations | ||||||
| Subjects: | Specific Sciences > Physics > Fields and Particles Specific Sciences > Physics > Quantum Field Theory |
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| Depositing User: | David Baker | ||||||
| Date Deposited: | 13 Mar 2015 23:09 | ||||||
| Last Modified: | 13 Mar 2015 23:09 | ||||||
| Item ID: | 11375 | ||||||
| Subjects: | Specific Sciences > Physics > Fields and Particles Specific Sciences > Physics > Quantum Field Theory |
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| Date: | 2015 | ||||||
| URI: | https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/11375 |
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