Ryoo, Hong Joo (2025) What Are the Contexts of Complementarities? [Preprint]

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Abstract

The explanatory structure of quantum mechanics and quantum gravity is marked by complementarity: the existence of distinct, mutually incompatible descriptions that are nonetheless each empirically valid in specific observational settings. In recent work, Ryoo (2025) proposed a context-dependent mapping framework (f_c) as an epistemic tool to capture this phenomenon. This framework maps each physically defined “context” to a set of laws that yield coherent and predictive explanations within that context. In this paper, I formally define the notion of “context” underlying the f_c mapping, offer a general structural typology, and present case studies from quantum gravity and entanglement wedge reconstruction to illustrate how explanatory fragmentation is grounded in physical theory rather than epistemic limitation.

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Item Type:	Preprint
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID Ryoo, Hong Joo hryoo1@jhu.edu 0000-0002-4032-0215
Keywords:	explanation, fragmentation, quantum gravity
Subjects:	General Issues > Explanation Specific Sciences > Physics > Quantum Gravity
Depositing User:	Hong Joo Ryoo
Date Deposited:	07 Aug 2025 15:33
Last Modified:	07 Aug 2025 15:33
Item ID:	26154
Subjects:	General Issues > Explanation Specific Sciences > Physics > Quantum Gravity
Date:	8 June 2025
URI:	https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/26154

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