Miracles and Models: Why reports of the death of Structural Realism may be exaggerated

2007 ◽  
Vol 61 ◽  
pp. 125-154
Author(s):  
John Worrall
Keyword(s):  
Quantum Mechanics ◽  
General Theory ◽  
Scientific Realism ◽  
Final Section ◽  
Recent Literature ◽  
Structural Realism ◽  
Theory Of Relativity ◽  
Scientific Theories ◽  
General Theory Of Relativity ◽  
The Third

What is it reasonable to believe about our most successful scientific theories such as the general theory of relativity or quantum mechanics? That they are true, or at any rate approximately true? Or only that they successfully ‘save the phenomena’, by being ‘empirically adequate’? In earlier work I explored the attractions of a view called Structural Scientific Realism (hereafter: SSR). This holds that it is reasonable to believe that our successful theories are (approximately) structurally correct (and also that this is the strongest epistemic claim about them that it is reasonable to make). In the first part of this paper I shall explain in some detail what this thesis means and outline the reasons why it seems attractive. The second section outlines a number of criticisms that have none the less been brought against SSR in the recent (and as we shall see, in some cases, not so recent) literature; and the third and final section argues that, despite the fact that these criticisms might seem initially deeply troubling (or worse), the position remains viable.

Miracles and Models: Why reports of the death of Structural Realism may be exaggerated

2007 ◽  
Vol 61 ◽  
pp. 125-154 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Worrall
Keyword(s):  
Quantum Mechanics ◽  
General Theory ◽  
Scientific Realism ◽  
Final Section ◽  
Recent Literature ◽  
Structural Realism ◽  
Theory Of Relativity ◽  
Scientific Theories ◽  
General Theory Of Relativity ◽  
The Third

What is it reasonable to believe about our most successful scientific theories such as the general theory of relativity or quantum mechanics? That they are true, or at any rate approximately true? Or only that they successfully ‘save the phenomena’, by being ‘empirically adequate’? In earlier work I explored the attractions of a view called Structural Scientific Realism (hereafter: SSR). This holds that it is reasonable to believe that our successful theories are (approximately) structurally correct (and also that this is the strongest epistemic claim about them that it is reasonable to make). In the first part of this paper I shall explain in some detail what this thesis means and outline the reasons why it seems attractive. The second section outlines a number of criticisms that have none the less been brought against SSR in the recent (and as we shall see, in some cases, not so recent) literature; and the third and final section argues that, despite the fact that these criticisms might seem initially deeply troubling (or worse), the position remains viable.

Dualism QM and GR

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vitaly Kuyukov
Keyword(s):  
Quantum Mechanics ◽  
General Theory ◽  
Noncommutative Geometry ◽  
Quantum Tunneling ◽  
Closed Surface ◽  
Theory Of Relativity ◽  
General Theory Of Relativity ◽  
Surface Integral ◽  
Definition Of

Quantum tunneling of noncommutative geometry gives the definition of time in the form of holography, that is, in the form of a closed surface integral. Ultimately, the holography of time shows the dualism between quantum mechanics and the general theory of relativity.

scholarly journals Experiments on the symmetry of length and time

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Li Chunhong
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Data ◽  
Quantum Mechanics ◽  
General Theory ◽  
Piezoelectric Sensor ◽  
Atomic Scale ◽  
Theory Of Relativity ◽  
General Theory Of Relativity ◽  
Speed Of Light ◽  
Time Coordinate ◽  
Time Position

Abstract The F - t curve obtained from the process of applying and releasing force to the piezoelectric sensor shows that in the atomic scale, the time coordinate is equivalent to the position coordinate. The time-position coordinate relationship calculated by the experimental data is consistent with the geometric unit obtained in the general theory of relativity, thus the experiment verifies the symmetry of length and time,and connection between the microscopic - quantum mechanics and the macroscopic - general theory of relativity, and a new method for calculating the speed of light is obtained.

scholarly journals Redefining Gravity: Field versus Flow

2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 87
Author(s):  
Mehmet Bora Cilek
Keyword(s):  
Quantum Mechanics ◽  
General Theory ◽  
Alternative Theory ◽  
Curvature Effect ◽  
Theory Of Relativity ◽  
General Theory Of Relativity ◽  
Flow Mechanism ◽  
Spacetime Curvature ◽  
Field Versus ◽  
The Universe

General Theory of Relativity constitutes the framework for our understanding of the universe, with an emphasis on gravity. Many of Einstein’s predictions have been verified experimentally but General and Special Theories of Relativity contain several anomalies and paradoxes, yet to be answered. Also, there are serious conflicts with Quantum Mechanics; gravity being the weakest and least understood force, is a major problem.Supported by clear experimental evidence, it is theorised that gravity is not a field or spacetime curvature effect, but rather has a flow mechanism. This is not an alternative theory of gravity with an alternative metric. Established laws and equations from Newton and Einstein are essentially left unchanged. However, spacetime curvature is replaced with flow, producing a refined and compatible theory.

scholarly journals Black Hole - A Beginning, not the End

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (VI) ◽  
pp. 1524-1525
Author(s):  
Purujit Malik
Keyword(s):  
Black Holes ◽  
Black Hole ◽  
Dark Matter ◽  
Quantum Mechanics ◽  
General Theory ◽  
Hawking Radiation ◽  
Black Body ◽  
Physical Aspect ◽  
Theory Of Relativity ◽  
General Theory Of Relativity

A black hole is a region of space from which nothing, not even light, can escape. According to the general theory of relativity[2], it starts existing when spacetime gets curved by a huge mass. There is a sphere around the black hole. If something goes inside the sphere, it can not leave. This sphere is called the event horizon. A black hole is black because it absorbs all the light that hits it. It reflects nothing, just like a perfect black body in thermodynamics. Under quantum mechanics, black holes have a temperature and emit Hawking radiation, which makes them slowly get smaller.Because black holes are very hard to see, people trying to see them look for them by the way they affect other things near them. The place where there is a black hole can be found by tracking the movement of stars that orbit somewhere in space. Or people can find it when gas falls into a black hole, because the gas heats up and is very bright[1].However besides all these theories we still do not know what a black hole and dark matter is because all these theories rely on the much physical aspect of things and not on a unified understanding of creation.

scholarly journals The simplest origin of the big bounce and inflation

2018 ◽  
Vol 27 (14) ◽  
pp. 1847020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nikodem Popławski
Keyword(s):  
Black Hole ◽  
Quantum Mechanics ◽  
General Theory ◽  
Theory Of Relativity ◽  
General Theory Of Relativity ◽  
Curved Spacetime ◽  
Geometrical Object ◽  
Recent Debate ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Big Bounce

Torsion is a geometrical object, required by quantum mechanics in curved spacetime, which may naturally solve fundamental problems of general theory of relativity and cosmology. The black-hole cosmology, resulting from torsion, could be a scenario uniting the ideas of the big bounce and inflation, which were the subject of a recent debate of renowned cosmologists.

The general theory of relativity is correct!

1988 ◽  
Vol 155 (7) ◽  
pp. 517-527 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ya.B. Zel'dovich ◽  
Leonid P. Grishchuk
Keyword(s):  
General Theory ◽  
Theory Of Relativity ◽  
General Theory Of Relativity
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