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Program badawczy kosmologii kwantowej
Research Programme of Quantum Cosmology

Author(s): Marek Szydłowski
Subject(s): Philosophy
Published by: Uniwersytet Warszawski - Wydział Filozofii i Socjologii, Instytut Filozofii
Keywords: quantum cosmology; hypothesis of quantum dynamical triangulation; Lakatos; scientific research programmes

Summary/Abstract: Modern approaches and attempts towards construction of quantum gravity theory and quantum cosmology are reconstructed in terms of Lakatos conception of scientific program and its protective belt. The positive and negative heuristic is investigated in the context of quantum cosmology in Hartle-Hawking and Vilenkin approaches. We demonstrate that while the program of quantum cosmology is empirically degenerated, it becomes heuristically progressive. We pointed out the role of Ambjorn, Loll and Jurkiewicz’s hypothesis of quantum dynamical triangulation, which justifies the conception of postponed rationality rather than conception of instant rationality. We argue that the field of quantum gravity may be useful for incorporating some new ideas into the conceptions of philosophy of science.

  • Issue Year: 16/2008
  • Issue No: 1 (61)
  • Page Range: 9-26
  • Page Count: 18
  • Language: Polish
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