Models, High-Energy Theoretical Physics and Realism
PSA: Proceedings of the Biennial Meeting of the Philosophy of Science Association 1982:31 - 56 (1982)
| Abstract | Examples of theory development in quantum field theory and in S-matrix theory are related to three questions of interest to the philosophy of science. The first is the central role of highly abstract, mathematical models in the creation of theories. Second, the process of creation and justification actually used make it plausible that a successful theory is equally well characterized as being stable against attack rather than as being objectively correct. Lastly, the issue of the reality of theoretical entities is discussed in light of this representation of theory generation and selection. | |||||||||
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