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Physics meets philosophy at the Planck scale
Contemporary theories in quantum gravity
edited by Craig Callender
University of California at San Diego
Nick Huggett
University of Illinois at Chicago
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Cambridge University Press 2004
First published in printed format
2001
ISBN 0-521-66280-X hardback
ISBN 0-521-66445-4 paperback
(netLibrary)
ISBN 0-511-04065-2 eBook
For Joanna and Lisa
Contents
Preface
ix
1
Introduction
1
Craig Callender and Nick Huggett
Part I
Theories of QuantumGravity and their Philosophical Dimensions
2
Spacetimeandthephilosophicalchallengeofquantumgravity
33
Jeremy Butterfield and Christopher Isham
3
Naivequantumgravity
90
Steven Weinstein
4
Quantumspacetime:Whatdoweknow?
101
Carlo Rovelli
Part II
Strings
5
Reflectionsonthefateofspacetime
125
Edward Witten
6
Aphilosopherlooksatstringtheory
138
Robert Weingard
7
Blackholes,dumbholes,andentropy
152
William G. Unruh
Part III
Topological Quantum Field Theory
8
Higher-dimensionalalgebraandPlanckscalephysics
177
John C. Baez
vii
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