Schneider, Mike D. (2019) Betting on future physics. [Preprint]
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Abstract
The "Cosmological Constant Problem" (CCP) has historically been understood as describing a conflict between cosmological observations in the framework of general relativity (GR) and theoretical predictions from quantum field theory (QFT), which a future theory of quantum gravity ought to resolve. I argue that this view of the CCP is best understood in terms of a bet about future physics made on the basis of particular interpretational choices in GR and QFT respectively. Crucially, each of these choices must be taken as itself grounded in the success of the respective theory for this bet to be justified.
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| Keywords: | Cosmological constant problem, Semiclassical and quantum gravity, Philosophy of physics, Interpretation of theories | ||||||
| Subjects: | Specific Sciences > Physics > Cosmology Specific Sciences > Physics > Quantum Gravity |
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| Depositing User: | Mike D. Schneider | ||||||
| Date Deposited: | 11 Sep 2019 15:56 | ||||||
| Last Modified: | 11 Sep 2019 15:56 | ||||||
| Item ID: | 16410 | ||||||
| Subjects: | Specific Sciences > Physics > Cosmology Specific Sciences > Physics > Quantum Gravity |
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| Date: | 9 September 2019 | ||||||
| URI: | https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/16410 |
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