Mozota Frauca, Alvaro (2025) Quantum Cosmology and the Age of the Universe. Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 2948 (012008). ISSN 1742-6596

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In this article I study how the problem of time of canonical approaches to quantum gravity affects the simple minisuperspace models used in quantum cosmology. I follow some authors who have argued that this issue makes the quantization of general relativity problematic to conclude that the same applies in the case of quantum cosmology. In particular, I argue that temporal structures are lost in quantization and that this is a problem, as they encode part of the empirical content of classical cosmology, such as the age of the universe.

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Item Type:	Published Article or Volume
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID Mozota Frauca, Alvaro alvaro.mozota@upc.edu 0000-0002-7715-0563
Keywords:	quantum gravity, quantum cosmology, problem of time, philosophy of time
Subjects:	Specific Sciences > Physics > Cosmology Specific Sciences > Physics > Quantum Gravity Specific Sciences > Physics > Quantum Mechanics Specific Sciences > Physics > Relativity Theory
Depositing User:	Dr. Alvaro Mozota Frauca
Date Deposited:	05 Feb 2025 15:58
Last Modified:	05 Feb 2025 15:58
Item ID:	24686
Journal or Publication Title:	Journal of Physics: Conference Series
Publisher:	IOP Publishing
Official URL:	https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1742-65...
DOI or Unique Handle:	10.1088/1742-6596/2948/1/012008 DownloadArticle PDF
Subjects:	Specific Sciences > Physics > Cosmology Specific Sciences > Physics > Quantum Gravity Specific Sciences > Physics > Quantum Mechanics Specific Sciences > Physics > Relativity Theory
Date:	February 2025
Volume:	2948
Number:	012008
ISSN:	1742-6596
URI:	https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/24686

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