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'Thinking About Mathematics', 'Every Thing Must Go' and 'Farewell to Reality: fairytale physics'
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27. Natural Reality / B. Modern Physics / 2. Electrodynamics / b. Fields
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Fields can be 'scalar', or 'vector', or 'tensor', or 'spinor' [Baggott]
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A 'field' is a property with a magnitude, distributed across all of space and time [Baggott]
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27. Natural Reality / B. Modern Physics / 4. Standard Model / a. Concept of matter
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In physics, matter is an emergent phenomenon, not part of fundamental ontology [Ladyman/Ross]
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That the universe must be 'made of' something is just obsolete physics [Ladyman/Ross]
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27. Natural Reality / B. Modern Physics / 4. Standard Model / b. Standard model
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The current standard model requires 61 particles [Baggott]
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27. Natural Reality / C. Space / 6. Space-Time
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If spacetime is substantial, what is the substance? [Ladyman/Ross]
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Spacetime may well be emergent, rather than basic [Ladyman/Ross]
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27. Natural Reality / D. Time / 1. Nature of Time / h. Presentism
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A fixed foliation theory of quantum gravity could make presentism possible [Ladyman/Ross]
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