12 citations · 17 across the 3 of their papers we have counts for
3 papers
physics.hist-ph2019★ 12 cited
The Practice of Naturalness: A Historical-Philosophical Perspective
Arianna Borrelli, Elena Castellani
The fact that no evidence of new physics was found so far by LHC experiments has led some to call for the abandonment of the naturalness criterion. Others, on the contrary, have fe…
physics.hist-ph2018★ 1 cited
Scientific Methodology: A View from Early String Theory
Elena Castellani
This paper addresses the question as to whether the methodology followed in building and assessing string theory can be considered scientific in the same sense, say, that the metho…
physics.hist-ph2001★ 4 cited
Reductionism, Emergence, and Effective Field Theories
Elena Castellani
In recent years, a change in attitude in particle physics has led to our understanding current quantum field theories as effective field theories (EFTs). The present paper is conce…