Scientific Realism Made Effective: Realism, Reduction, and the Renormalization Group in Quantum Field Theory
This dissertation explores philosophical issues that arise in the practice of contemporary particle physics. The first chapter is a historical sketch of how the particle physics community came to believe that the quantum field theories used in particle physics are best understood as effective field...
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| Language: | English |
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2016
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.7916/D8474B5K |