Dawid, Richard (2016) String Dualities and Empirical Equivalence. Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics. ISSN 1355-2198
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String dualities establish empirical equivalence between theories that often look entirely different with respect to their basic ontology and physical structure. Therefore, they represent a particularly interesting example of empirical equivalence in physics. However, the status of duality relations in string physics differs substantially from the traditional understanding of the role played by empirical equivalence. The paper specifies three important differences and argues that they are related to a substantially altered view on the underdetermination of theory building.
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Keywords: | string theory, duality, conventionalism, Poicare, empirical equivaence | ||||||
Subjects: | General Issues > Conventionalism Specific Sciences > Physics > Fields and Particles Specific Sciences > Physics > Quantum Gravity |
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Depositing User: | Dr. Richard Dawid | ||||||
Date Deposited: | 23 Sep 2016 13:13 | ||||||
Last Modified: | 10 Feb 2017 15:41 | ||||||
Item ID: | 12455 | ||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics | ||||||
Publisher: | Elsevier | ||||||
Subjects: | General Issues > Conventionalism Specific Sciences > Physics > Fields and Particles Specific Sciences > Physics > Quantum Gravity |
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Date: | July 2016 | ||||||
ISSN: | 1355-2198 | ||||||
URI: | https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/12455 |
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