02925nam 2200625Ia 450 991045114380332120200520144314.01-280-75769-80-19-151502-71-4294-6511-5(CKB)1000000000408596(EBL)415973(OCoLC)437096403(SSID)ssj0000252585(PQKBManifestationID)11194023(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000252585(PQKBWorkID)10199209(PQKB)10212421(StDuBDS)EDZ0000021971(MiAaPQ)EBC415973(Au-PeEL)EBL415973(CaPaEBR)ebr10271616(CaONFJC)MIL75769(EXLCZ)99100000000040859620070425d2006 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe structural foundations of quantum gravity[electronic resource] /edited by Dean Rickles, Steven French, and Juha SaatsiOxford Clarendon ;New York Oxford University Press20061 online resource (283 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-169943-8 0-19-926969-6 Includes bibliographical references and index.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; IndexWhat is spacetime? General relativity and quantum field theory answer this question in very different ways. This collection of essays by physicists and philosophers looks at the problem of uniting these two most fundamental theories of our world, focusing on the nature of space and time within this new quantum framework, and the kind of metaphysical picture suggested by recent developments in physics and mathematics. This is a book that will inspire further philosophical reflection. on recent advances in modern physics. - ;Quantum gravity is the name given to a theory that unites general relatQuantum gravityPhysicsElectronic books.Quantum gravity.Physics.530.143Rickles Dean792007French Steven53325Saatsi Juha966620MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910451143803321The structural foundations of quantum gravity2193733UNINA