Effective field theories, reductionism and scientific explanation

DOI10.1016/S1355-2198(01)00005-3zbMath1222.00029WikidataQ57319294 ScholiaQ57319294MaRDI QIDQ720468

Stephan Hartmann

Publication date: 15 October 2011

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

zbMATH Keywords

quantum field theoryeffective field theoryexplanationpluralismrenormalisationreductionism

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Philosophy of mathematics (00A30) General and philosophical questions in quantum theory (81P05) Quantum field theory; related classical field theories (81T99) Physics (00A79)

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