Dorato, Mauro and Rossanese, Emanuele (2017) The nature of representation in Feynman diagrams. [Preprint]
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Abstract
After a brief presentation of Feynman diagrams, we criticizise the idea that Feynman diagrams can be considered to be pictures or depictions of actual physical processes. We then show that the best interpretation of the role they play in quantum field theory and quantum electrodynamics is captured by Hughes' Denotation, Deduction and Interpretation theory of models (DDI), where “models” are to be interpreted as inferential, non-representational devices constructed in given social contexts by the community of physicists.
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| Keywords: | Feynman diagrams, scientific representation, scientific models as pictures, models as inferential machines | |||||||||
| Subjects: | General Issues > Models and Idealization Specific Sciences > Physics > Quantum Field Theory |
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| Depositing User: | Dr Mauro Dorato | |||||||||
| Date Deposited: | 10 Nov 2017 16:39 | |||||||||
| Last Modified: | 10 Nov 2017 16:39 | |||||||||
| Item ID: | 14112 | |||||||||
| Subjects: | General Issues > Models and Idealization Specific Sciences > Physics > Quantum Field Theory |
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| Date: | 10 December 2017 | |||||||||
| URI: | https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/14112 |
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