Presented By: Department of Philosophy
On Miracles and Spacetime
James Read (Oxford University and University of Illinois-Chicago)
Abstract: I argue for the existence of two coincidences—or ‘miracles’—in the foundations of general relativity, which do not admit of explanation from within that theory. I suggest that these ‘miracles’ may be accounted for naturally in one particular successor theory to general relativity, namely perturbative string theory. I close by reflecting on the nature of spacetime in general relativity versus string theory.
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