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Questioning the Foundations of Physics

Part of the The Frontiers Collection Book Series

Editors: Aguirre, Anthony; Foster, Brendan; Merali, Zeeya

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-13045-3

ISBN: 978-3-319-13044-6

Publisher: Springer International Publishing - Springer Journals

Jan 25, 2015

1 - 10 of 19 Chapters

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Chapter 1Introduction

Aguirre, Anthony; Foster, Brendan; Merali, Zeeya

Pages: 1 –4

[Over the course of history, we can identify a number of instances where thinkers have sacrificed some of their most cherished assumptions, ultimately leading to scientific revolutions.]
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Chapter 2The Paradigm of Kinematics and Dynamics Must Yield to Causal Structure

Spekkens, Robert W.

Pages: 5 –16

[The distinction between a theory’s kinematics and its dynamics, that is, between the space of physical states it posits and its law of evolution, is central to the conceptual framework of many physicists. A change to the kinematics of a theory, however, can be compensated by a change to its...
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Chapter 3Recognising Top-Down Causation

Ellis, George

Pages: 17 –44
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Chapter 4On the Foundational Assumptions of Modern Physics

Dribus, Benjamin F.

Pages: 45 –60

[General relativity and the standard model of particle physics remain our most fundamental physical theories enjoying robust experimental confirmation. The foundational assumptions of physics changed rapidly during the early development of these theories, but the subsequent challenges of their...
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Chapter 5The Preferred System of Reference Reloaded

Perez, Israel

Pages: 61 –86

[According to Karl Popper assumptions are statements used to construct theories. During the construction of a theory whether the assumptions are either true or false turn out to be irrelevant in view of the fact that, actually, they gain their scientific value when the deductions derived from...
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Chapter 6Right About Time?

Gryb, Sean; Mercati, Flavio

Pages: 87 –102

[Have our fundamental theories got time right? Does size really matter? Or is physics all in the eyes of the beholder? In this essay, we question the origin of time and scale by reevaluating the nature of measurement. We then argue for a radical scenario, supported by a suggestive calculation,...
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Chapter 7A Critical Look at the Standard Cosmological Picture

Janzen, Daryl

Pages: 103 –130

[The discovery that the Universe is accelerating in its expansion has brought the basic concept of cosmic expansion into question. An analysis of the evolution of this concept suggests that the paradigm that was finally settled into prior to that discovery was not the best option, as the observed...
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Chapter 8Not on but of

Dreyer, Olaf

Pages: 131 –138

[In physics we encounter particles in one of two ways. Either as fundamental constituents of the theory or as emergent excitations. These two ways differ by how the particle relates to the background. It either sits on the background, or it is an excitation of the background. We argue that by...
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Chapter 9Patterns in the Fabric of Nature

Weinstein, Steven

Pages: 139 –150

[From classical mechanics to quantum field theory, the physical facts at one point in space are held to be independent of those at other points in space. I propose that we can usefully challenge this orthodoxy in order to explain otherwise puzzling correlations at both cosmological and...
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Chapter 10Is Quantum Linear Superposition an Exact Principle of Nature?

Bassi, Angelo; Singh, Tejinder; Ulbricht, Hendrik

Pages: 151 –164

[The principle of linear superposition is a hallmark of quantum theory. It has been confirmed experimentally for photons, electrons, neutrons, atoms, for molecules having masses up to ten thousand amu, and also in collective states such as SQUIDs and Bose-Einstein condensates. However, the...

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