Ontic structural realism and quantum field theory: are there intrinsic properties at the most fundamental level of reality?

DOI10.1016/j.shpsb.2017.09.003zbMath1390.00060OpenAlexW2755131468MaRDI QIDQ1752573

Philipp Berghofer

Publication date: 24 May 2018

Published in: Studies in History and Philosophy of Science. Part B. Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.shpsb.2017.09.003

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Unified quantum theories (81V22) Model quantum field theories (81T10) Physics (00A79)

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