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On Algebraic Background-Independence
Luka Vinck, Sebastian De Haro
It has recently been claimed that algebraic methods can be used to give a background-independent description of semiclassical gravity. This paper aims to provide an entry point int…
Holography as an Information Principle in Quantum Gravity
Sebastian De Haro, Enrico Cinti, Aude Corbeel
We draw on 't Hooft's seminal formulation of the holographic principle to analyse the methodological and conceptual role of information in quantum gravity. We argue that, in 't Hoo…
Scientific understanding across disciplines: in varietate concordia?
Henk W. de Regt, Milo D. Cornelissen, Vincent Coumans +7
Understanding is a generally acknowledged aim of science, but the way in which understanding is pursued and criteria for when it is achieved differ widely across scientific discipl…
The Geometric View of Theories
Sebastian De Haro
Recent critiques of the semantic conception of scientific theories suggest that a theory is not best formulated as a collection of models satisfying some set of kinematical or dyna…
Dualities in Physics
Sebastian De Haro, Enrico Cinti
For more than half a century, dualities have been at the heart of modern physics. From quantum mechanics to statistical mechanics, condensed matter physics, quantum field theory an…
Holographic Strange Metals for Philosophers and Physicists
Enrico Cinti, Sebastian De Haro, Mark Golden +2
This paper introduces the physics and philosophy of strange metals, which are characterized by unusual electrical and thermal properties that deviate from conventional metallic beh…
Global Gauge Symmetry Breaking in the Abelian Higgs Mechanism
Silvester G. A. Borsboom, Sebastian De Haro
This paper aims to resolve the incompatibility between two extant gauge-invariant accounts of the Abelian Higgs mechanism: the first account uses global gauge symmetry breaking, an…
Supersymmetry in the Seiberg-Witten Theory: A Window into Quantum Field Theory
Sanne Vergouwen, Sebastian De Haro
We take supersymmetry in the Seiberg-Witten theory as a case study of the uses of (super)symmetry arguments in studying the ontology of four-dimensional interacting quantum field t…
On Empirical Equivalence and Duality
Sebastian De Haro
I argue that, on a judicious reading of two existing criteria--one syntactic and the other semantic--dual theories can be taken to be empirically equivalent. The judicious reading…
Towards a Theory of Emergence for the Physical Sciences
Sebastian De Haro
I begin to develop a framework for emergence in the physical sciences. Namely, I propose to explicate ontological emergence in terms of the notion of 'novel reference', and of an a…
On Symmetry and Duality
Sebastian De Haro, Jeremy Butterfield
We advocate an account of dualities between physical theories: the basic idea is that dual theories are isomorphic representations of a common core. We defend and illustrate this a…
Emergence and Correspondence for String Theory Black Holes
Jeroen van Dongen, Sebastian De Haro, Manus Visser +1
This is one of a pair of papers that give a historical-\emph{cum}-philosophical analysis of the endeavour to understand black hole entropy as a statistical mechanical entropy obtai…
A Precipice Below Which Lies Absurdity? Theories without a Spacetime and Scientific Understanding
Sebastian De Haro, Henk W. de Regt
While the relation between visualization and scientific understanding has been a topic of long-standing discussion, recent developments in physics have pushed the boundaries of thi…
Duality, Fundamentality, and Emergence
Elena Castellani, Sebastian De Haro
Dualities offer new possibilities for relating fundamentality and emergence. In particular, as is the aim of this chapter to show, it may happen that the relations of fundamentalit…
Interpreting Theories without a Spacetime
Sebastian De Haro, Henk De Regt
In this paper we have two aims: first, to draw attention to the close connexion between interpretation and scientific understanding; second, to give a detailed account of how theor…
The Heuristic Function of Duality
Sebastian De Haro
I conceptualise the role of dualities in quantum gravity, in terms of their functions for theory construction. I distinguish between two functions of duality in physical practice:…
Conceptual Aspects of Gauge/Gravity Duality
Sebastian De Haro, Daniel R. Mayerson, Jeremy N. Butterfield
We give an introductory review of gauge/gravity duality, and associated ideas of holography, emphasising the conceptual aspects. The opening Sections gather the ingredients, viz. a…
Dualities and Emergent Gravity: Gauge/Gravity Duality
Sebastian de Haro
In this paper I develop a framework for relating dualities and emergence: two notions that are close to each other but also exclude one another. I adopt the conception of duality a…
Science and Philosophy: A Love-Hate Relationship
Sebastian De Haro
In this paper I review the problematic relationship between science and philosophy; in particular, I will address the question of whether science needs philosophy, and I will offer…