Krátký, Matěj and Read, James (2023) On functional freedom and Penrose's critiques of string theory. [Preprint]

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In his The Road to Reality as well as in his Fashion, Faith and Fantasy, Roger Penrose criticises string theory and its practitioners from a variety of angles ranging from conceptual, technical, and methodological objections to sociological observations about the string theoretic scientific community. In this article, we assess Penrose's conceptual/technical objections to string theory, focussing in particular upon those which invoke the notion of `functional freedom'. In general, we do not find these arguments to be successful.

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Item Type:	Preprint
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID Krátký, Matěj matej.kratky@pmb.ox.ac.uk Read, James james.read@philosophy.ox.ac.uk
Keywords:	String theory, functional freedom, quantum field theory
Subjects:	Specific Sciences > Physics > Fields and Particles Specific Sciences > Physics > Quantum Gravity
Depositing User:	Dr. James Read
Date Deposited:	05 Nov 2023 02:59
Last Modified:	05 Nov 2023 02:59
Item ID:	22732
Subjects:	Specific Sciences > Physics > Fields and Particles Specific Sciences > Physics > Quantum Gravity
Date:	4 November 2023
URI:	https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/22732

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