Presents a collection of essays from leading physicists, philosophers and historians of science providing perspectives on the epistemic status of fundamental physics.
Presents a collection of essays from leading physicists, philosophers and historians of science providing perspectives on the epistemic status of fundamental physics.
1. Introduction Radin Dardashti, Richard Dawid and Karim Thébault 2. Fundamental theories and epistemic shifts: can history of science serve as a guide? Helge Kragh 3. Scientific speculation - a pragmatic approach Peter Achinstein 4. Assessing scientific theories Radin Dardashti and Stephan Hartmann 5. Philosophy of science and the string wars: a view from the outside Massimo Pigliucci 6. The significance of non-empirical confirmation in fundamental physics Richard Dawid 7. The dangers of non-empirical confirmation Carlo Rovelli 8. No alternative to proliferation Daniele Oriti 9. Physics without experiments? Radin Dardashti 10. Scientific methodology: a view from early string theory Elena Castellani 11. What can we learn from analogue experiments? Karim Thébault 12. Are black holes about information? Christian Wuthrich 13. The limits of cosmology Joseph Silk 14. The role of cosmology in modern physics Bjorn Malte Schafer 15. Theory confirmation and multiverses George Ellis 16. Beyond falsifiability: normal science in a multiverse Sean Carroll 17. Gaining access to the early universe Chris Smeenk 18. String theory to the rescue Joseph Polchinski 19. Why trust a theory? Some further remarks Joseph Polchinski 20. The dangerous irrelevance of string theory Eva Silverstein 21. String/M-theories about our world are testable in the traditional physics way Gordon Kane 22. Is string phenomenology an oxymoron? Fernando Quevedo.
1. Introduction Radin Dardashti, Richard Dawid and Karim Thébault 2. Fundamental theories and epistemic shifts: can history of science serve as a guide? Helge Kragh 3. Scientific speculation - a pragmatic approach Peter Achinstein 4. Assessing scientific theories Radin Dardashti and Stephan Hartmann 5. Philosophy of science and the string wars: a view from the outside Massimo Pigliucci 6. The significance of non-empirical confirmation in fundamental physics Richard Dawid 7. The dangers of non-empirical confirmation Carlo Rovelli 8. No alternative to proliferation Daniele Oriti 9. Physics without experiments? Radin Dardashti 10. Scientific methodology: a view from early string theory Elena Castellani 11. What can we learn from analogue experiments? Karim Thébault 12. Are black holes about information? Christian Wuthrich 13. The limits of cosmology Joseph Silk 14. The role of cosmology in modern physics Bjorn Malte Schafer 15. Theory confirmation and multiverses George Ellis 16. Beyond falsifiability: normal science in a multiverse Sean Carroll 17. Gaining access to the early universe Chris Smeenk 18. String theory to the rescue Joseph Polchinski 19. Why trust a theory? Some further remarks Joseph Polchinski 20. The dangerous irrelevance of string theory Eva Silverstein 21. String/M-theories about our world are testable in the traditional physics way Gordon Kane 22. Is string phenomenology an oxymoron? Fernando Quevedo.
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