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On functional freedom and Penrose's critiques of string theory

Krátký, Matěj and Read, James (2024) 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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Krátký, Matějmatej.kratky@pmb.ox.ac.uk
Read, Jamesjames.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: 24 Jun 2024 15:15
Last Modified: 24 Jun 2024 15:15
Item ID: 23615
Subjects: Specific Sciences > Physics > Fields and Particles
Specific Sciences > Physics > Quantum Gravity
Date: 24 June 2024
URI: https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/23615

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