De Haro, Sebastian (2019) The Heuristic Function of Duality. Synthese, 196. pp. 5169-5203. ISSN 1573-0964
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I conceptualise the role of dualities in quantum gravity, in terms of their functions for theory construction. I distinguish between two functions of duality in physical practice: namely, discovering and describing 'equivalent physics', vs. suggesting 'new physics'. I dub these the 'theoretical' vs. the 'heuristic' functions of dualities. The distinction seems to have gone largely unnoticed in the philosophical literature: and it exists both for dualities, and for the more general relation of theoretical equivalence. The paper develops the heuristic function of dualities: illustrating how they can be used, if one has any luck, to find and formulate new theories. I also point to the different physical commitments about the theories in question that underlie these two functions. I show how a recently developed schema for dualities articulates the differences between the two functions.
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Keywords: | heuristics, duality, methodology in quantum gravity | ||||||
Subjects: | Specific Sciences > Mathematics > Methodology Specific Sciences > Physics > Quantum Gravity |
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Depositing User: | Dr Sebastian De Haro | ||||||
Date Deposited: | 12 Mar 2020 03:40 | ||||||
Last Modified: | 12 Mar 2020 03:40 | ||||||
Item ID: | 16992 | ||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Synthese | ||||||
Publisher: | Springer (Springer Science+Business Media B.V.) | ||||||
Official URL: | https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11229-0... | ||||||
DOI or Unique Handle: | https://doi.org/10.1007/s11229-018-1708-9 | ||||||
Subjects: | Specific Sciences > Mathematics > Methodology Specific Sciences > Physics > Quantum Gravity |
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Date: | 1 December 2019 | ||||||
Page Range: | pp. 5169-5203 | ||||||
Volume: | 196 | ||||||
ISSN: | 1573-0964 | ||||||
URI: | https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/16992 |
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