Wolf, William J. and Read, James (2025) Navigating permanent underdetermination in dark energy and inflationary cosmology. [Preprint]
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We identify troubling cases of so-called `permanent underdetermination' in both dark energy and inflationary cosmology. We bring to bear (a) a taxonomy of possible responses to underdetermination, and (b) an understanding of both dark energy and inflationary cosmology from an effective field point of view. We argue that, under certain conditions, there are available viable responses which can alleviate at least some of the concerns about underdetermination in the dark energy and inflationary sectors. However, outside of these specific scenarios, the epistemic threat of permanent underdetermination will persist.
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| Subjects: | Specific Sciences > Physics > Astrophysics Specific Sciences > Physics > Cosmology Specific Sciences > Physics |
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| Depositing User: | Mr. William Wolf | |||||||||
| Date Deposited: | 23 Jan 2025 14:19 | |||||||||
| Last Modified: | 23 Jan 2025 14:19 | |||||||||
| Item ID: | 24603 | |||||||||
| Subjects: | Specific Sciences > Physics > Astrophysics Specific Sciences > Physics > Cosmology Specific Sciences > Physics |
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| Date: | 23 January 2025 | |||||||||
| URI: | https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/24603 |
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