Koberinski, Adam (2022) Framework generalization: Structuring searches for new physics. [Preprint]

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Many areas of frontier physics are confronted with the crisis of a lack of accessible, direct evidence. As a result, direct model building has failed to lead to any new empirical discoveries. In this paper I argue that these areas of frontier physics have developed common methods for turning precision mea- surements of known quantities into potential evidence for anomalies hinting at new physics. This method of framework generalization has arisen as a sort of model-independent method for generalizing beyond known physics and organizing experimental searches. I argue that this method is well-justified given the current epistemic landscape, and that theory construction in general is much broader than simply building new dynamical models.

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Item Type:	Preprint
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID Koberinski, Adam adam.koberinski@pitt.edu 0000-0001-7605-4214
Additional Information:	Forthcoming in the European Journal for Philosophy of Science
Keywords:	Theory construction; methodology of physics; methodology of particle physics; theories and models
Subjects:	Specific Sciences > Physics > Cosmology Specific Sciences > Physics > Quantum Field Theory Specific Sciences > Physics > Quantum Mechanics General Issues > Structure of Theories General Issues > Theory Change
Depositing User:	Dr. Adam Koberinski
Date Deposited:	06 Dec 2022 20:49
Last Modified:	06 Dec 2022 20:49
Item ID:	21520
Subjects:	Specific Sciences > Physics > Cosmology Specific Sciences > Physics > Quantum Field Theory Specific Sciences > Physics > Quantum Mechanics General Issues > Structure of Theories General Issues > Theory Change
Date:	2022
URI:	https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/21520

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