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On Under-determination in cosmology
Jeremy Butterfield
I discuss how modern cosmology illustrates under-determination of theoretical hypotheses by data, in ways that are different from most philosophical discussions. I emphasize cosmol…
On Time in Quantum Physics
Jeremy Butterfield
First, I briefly review the different conceptions of time held by three rival interpretations of quantum theory: the collapse of the wave-packet, the pilot-wave interpretation, and…
On Time chez Dummett
Jeremy Butterfield
I discuss three connections between Dummett's writings about time and philosophical aspects of physics. The first connection (Section 2) arises from remarks of Dummett's about the…
Laws, Causation and Dynamics at Different Levels
Jeremy Butterfield
I have two main aims. The first is general, and more philosophical (Section 2). The second is specific, and more closely related to physics (Sections 3 and 4). The first aim is to…
Renormalization for Philosophers
Jeremy Butterfield, Nazim Bouatta
We have two aims. The main one is to expound the idea of renormalization in quantum field theory, with no technical prerequisites (Sections 2 and 3). Our motivation is that renorma…
Reduction, Emergence and Renormalization
Jeremy Butterfield
In previous work, I described several examples combining reduction and emergence: where reduction is understood a la Ernest Nagel, and emergence is understood as behaviour or prope…