- Tytuł:
- What does it mean ‘to exist’ in physics?
- Autorzy:
- Heller, Michał
- Powiązania:
- https://bibliotekanauki.pl/articles/691082.pdf
- Data publikacji:
- 2018
- Wydawca:
- Copernicus Center Press
- Tematy:
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existence
ontology in the sense of Quine
ontology of physics
Hartle-Hawking quantum creation model
nothingness in physics - Opis:
- Physical theories give us the best available information about what there exists. Although physics is not ontology, it can be ontologically interpreted. In the present study, I propose to interpret physical theories à la Quine, i.e. not to speculate about what really exists, but rather to identify what a given physical theory presupposes that exists. I briefly suggest how Quine’s program should by adapted to this goal. To put the idea to the test, I apply it to the famous Hartle–Hawking model of the quantum creation of the universe from nothing, and try to discover what kind of nothingness the model presupposes. I also make some remarks concerning ontological commitments of the method of physics itself.
- Źródło:
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Zagadnienia Filozoficzne w Nauce; 2018, 65
0867-8286
2451-0602 - Pojawia się w:
- Zagadnienia Filozoficzne w Nauce
- Dostawca treści:
- Biblioteka Nauki
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