When theory breaks down outside of the laboratory

Filosofisk Supplement 2024 (2-3):36-45 (2024)
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Abstract

Driven neither by experiment nor anomalous observation, physicists are seeking a new fundamental theory of gravity---motivated, guided, and constrained by purely theoretical and philosophical concerns. Here, I briefly consider two of these issues: dreams of unification, and the resolution of spacetime singularities.

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Karen Crowther
University of Oslo

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