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SUMMARY:Progress\, Promise and Pursuit-Worthiness: Philosophical Lessons from the String Theory Debates
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DESCRIPTION:<p><strong>Abstract:</strong> String theory is at present the most extensively developed approach for resolving one of the fundamental problems\, if not the fundamental problem\, of theoretical physics &ndash\; the formulation of a coherent theory of quantum gravity. Yet physicists remain deeply divided in their evaluations of theory\, and have engaged in\, sometimes heated\, debates about its relative merits and prospects as a viable research program\, and even its status as a science. The aim of this paper is to examine why physicists have drawn such divergent and conflicting assessments of theory\, particularly with respect to its progress\, promise and pursuit-worthiness. The debates over string theory are particularly instructive from a philosophical point of view\, precisely because they offer important insights into epistemic and heuristic appraisal\, the criterion of problem-solving\, and axiological disagreement\, which have been the subject of much disagreement among philosophers of science since the 1970s.</p>
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