Crowther, Karen and Linnemann, Niels (2017) Renormalizability, fundamentality and a final theory: The role of UV-completion in the search for quantum gravity. The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science.
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Principles are central to physical reasoning, particularly in the search for a theory of quantum gravity (QG), where novel empirical data is lacking. One principle widely adopted in the search for QG is UV completion: the idea that a theory should (formally) hold up to all possible high energies. We argue contra standard scientific practice --- that UV-completion is poorly-motivated as a guiding principle in theory-construction, and cannot be used as a criterion of theory-justification in the search for QG. For this, we explore the reasons for expecting, or desiring, a UV-complete theory, as well as analyse how UV completion is used, and how it should be used, in various specific approaches to QG.
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| Keywords: | Spacetime; Renormalization group; Effective field theory; Unification; String theory; Asymptotic safety | |||||||||
| Subjects: | Specific Sciences > Physics > Quantum Gravity General Issues > Structure of Theories |
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| Depositing User: | Niels Linnemann | |||||||||
| Date Deposited: | 12 Jun 2017 18:33 | |||||||||
| Last Modified: | 12 Jun 2017 18:33 | |||||||||
| Item ID: | 13123 | |||||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science | |||||||||
| Subjects: | Specific Sciences > Physics > Quantum Gravity General Issues > Structure of Theories |
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| Date: | 18 May 2017 | |||||||||
| URI: | https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/13123 |
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