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structural foundations of quantum gravity
1 online resource (xii, 270 pages) : illustrations
What is spacetime? General relativity and quantum field theory answer this question in different ways. This collection of essays looks at the problem of uniting these two fundamental theories of our world, focusing on the nature of space and time within this quantum framework.
Contents; Notes on Contributors; 1. Quantum Gravity Meets Structuralism: Interweaving Relations in the Foundations of Physics; 2. Structural Realism and Quantum Gravity; 3. Structure, Individuality, and Quantum Gravity; 4. Points, Particles, and Structural Realism; 5. Holism and Structuralism in Classical and Quantum General Relativity; 6. Time and Structure in Canonical Gravity; 7. The Case for Background Independence; 8. Quantum Quandaries: A Category-Theoretic Perspective; Index.
edited by Dean Rickles, Steven French, and Juha Saatsi.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Oxford : Clarendon ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006