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Navigating permanent underdetermination in dark energy and inflationary cosmology
William J. Wolf, James Read
We identify troubling cases of so-called `permanent underdetermination' in both dark energy and inflationary cosmology. We bring to bear (a) a taxonomy of possible responses to und…
The Virtues of Pursuit-Worthy Speculation: The Promises of Cosmic Inflation
William J. Wolf, Patrick M. Duerr
The paper investigates the historical and contemporary pursuit-worthiness of cosmic inflation-the rationale for working on it (rather than necessarily the evidential support for cl…
On the geometric trinity of gravity, non-relativistic limits, and Maxwell gravitation
Eleanor March, William J. Wolf, James Read
We show that the dynamical common core of the recently-discovered non-relativistic geometric trinity of gravity is Maxwell gravitation. Moreover, we explain why no analogous distin…
Underdetermination in Classic and Modern Tests of General Relativity
William J. Wolf, Marco Sanchioni, James Read
Canonically, `classic' tests of general relativity (GR) include perihelion precession, the bending of light around stars, and gravitational redshift; `modern' tests have to do with…
Methodological Reflections on the MOND/Dark Matter Debate
Patrick M. Duerr, William J. Wolf
The paper re-examines the principal methodological questions, arising in the debate over the cosmological standard model's postulate of Dark Matter vs. rivalling proposals that mod…
Respecting Boundaries: Theoretical Equivalence and Structure Beyond Dynamics
William J. Wolf, James Read
A standard line in the contemporary philosophical literature has it that physical theories are equivalent only when they agree on their empirical content, where this empirical cont…
Explanatory Depth in Primordial Cosmology: A Comparative Study of Inflationary and Bouncing Paradigms
William J. Wolf, Karim P. Y. Thébault
We develop and apply a multi-dimensional account of explanatory depth towards a comparative analysis of inflationary and bouncing paradigms in primordial cosmology. Our analysis bu…