The interpretation of string-theoretic dualities

DOI10.1007/s10701-015-9961-yzbMath1333.81356OpenAlexW1930794983MaRDI QIDQ257040

James Read

Publication date: 15 March 2016

Published in: Foundations of Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: http://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/11205/1/JR_Dualities.pdf

zbMATH Keywords

dualitiesstring theoryunderdeterminationhole argument

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

General and philosophical questions in quantum theory (81P05) String and superstring theories; other extended objects (e.g., branes) in quantum field theory (81T30)

Related Items (10)

Introduction to special issue on dualities ⋮ Target space \(\neq\) space ⋮ Sophistry about symmetries? ⋮ The limitations of inertial frame spacetime functionalism ⋮ The multiple realizability of general relativity in quantum gravity ⋮ On symmetry and duality ⋮ Theoretical equivalence and duality ⋮ On miracles and spacetime ⋮ The heuristic function of duality ⋮ Motivating dualities

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