Are Virtual Quanta Nothing but Formal Tools?

被引：11

作者：

Bacelar Valente, Mario ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Seville, Dept Philosophy Log & Philosophy Sci, Seville 41018, Spain

来源：

INTERNATIONAL STUDIES IN THE PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE | 2011年 / 25卷 / 01期

关键词：

PERTURBATION-THEORY; SERIES;

D O I：

10.1080/02698595.2011.552417

中图分类号：

N09 [自然科学史]; B [哲学、宗教];

学科分类号：

01 ; 0101 ; 010108 ; 060207 ; 060305 ; 0712 ;

摘要：

The received view in philosophical studies of quantum field theory is that Feynman diagrams are simply calculational devices. Alongside this view we have the one that takes virtual quanta to be also simply formal tools. This received view was developed and consolidated in philosophy of physics by Mario Bunge, Paul Teller, Michael Redhead, Robert Weingard, Brigitte Falkenburg, and others. In this article I present an alternative to the received view.

引用

页码：39 / 53

页数：15

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