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Chronical Incompleteness, Final Theory Claims, and the Lack of Free Parameters in String Theory

Dawid, Richard (2018) Chronical Incompleteness, Final Theory Claims, and the Lack of Free Parameters in String Theory. [Preprint]

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Abstract

String theory has not even come close to a complete formulation after half a century of intense research. On the other hand, a number of features of the theory suggest that the theory, once completed, may be a final theory. It is argued in this chapter that those two conspicuous characteristics of string physics are related to each other. What links them together is the fact that string theory has no dimensionless free parameters at a fundamental level. The paper analyses possible
implications of this situation for the long term prospects of theory building in fundamental physics.

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Dawid, Richardrichard.dawid@philosophy.su.se0000-0002-1472-2958
Keywords: string theory, final theory, classical limit, free parameter
Subjects: Specific Sciences > Physics > Cosmology
Specific Sciences > Physics > Fields and Particles
Specific Sciences > Physics > Quantum Gravity
Depositing User: Dr. Richard Dawid
Date Deposited: 04 Oct 2018 02:58
Last Modified: 04 Oct 2018 02:58
Item ID: 15085
Subjects: Specific Sciences > Physics > Cosmology
Specific Sciences > Physics > Fields and Particles
Specific Sciences > Physics > Quantum Gravity
Date: October 2018
URI: https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/15085

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