On the empirical coherence and the spatiotemporal gap problem in quantum gravity: and why functionalism does not (have to) help

DOI10.1007/s11229-020-02659-3zbMath1529.83042OpenAlexW3022617949MaRDI QIDQ6144822

Niels S. Linnemann

Publication date: 30 January 2024

Published in: Synthese (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11229-020-02659-3

zbMATH Keywords

quantum gravitygeneral relativitytimespaceempirical coherencespacetime functionalismfunctionalismempirical interpretation

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Quantization of the gravitational field (83C45)

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