Emergence, Singularities, and Symmetry Breaking

被引：54
|
作者：
Batterman, Robert W. [1 ,2 ]
机构：
[1] Univ Western Ontario, Dept Philosophy, London, ON N6A 3K7, Canada
[2] Univ Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260 USA
来源：
FOUNDATIONS OF PHYSICS | 2011年 / 41卷 / 06期
关键词：
Emergence; Critical phenomena; Renormalization group; Quantum field theory; Singularities; Explanation;
D O I：
10.1007/s10701-010-9493-4
中图分类号：
O4 [物理学];
学科分类号：
0702 ;
摘要：
This paper looks at emergence in physical theories and argues that an appropriate way to understand socalled "emergent protectorates" is via the explanatory apparatus of the renormalization group. It is argued that mathematical singularities play a crucial role in our understanding of at least some well-defined emergent features of the world.
引用
收藏
页码：1031 / 1050
页数：20
相关论文
共 50 条
  • [31] Symmetry breaking
    Walsh, Toby
    AI 2006: ADVANCES IN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, PROCEEDINGS, 2006, 4304 : 7 - +
  • [32] Symmetry, Symmetry Breaking and Topology
    Sen, Siddhartha
    SYMMETRY-BASEL, 2010, 2 (03): : 1401 - 1422
  • [33] Symmetry and symmetry breaking in nature
    Genz, H
    INTERDISCIPLINARY SCIENCE REVIEWS, 1999, 24 (02) : 129 - 138
  • [34] Noise-induced symmetry breaking far from equilibrium and the emergence of biological homochirality
    Jafarpour, Farshid
    Biancalani, Tommaso
    Goldenfeld, Nigel
    PHYSICAL REVIEW E, 2017, 95 (03) : 15 - 32
  • [35] Breaking symmetry
    Noriaki Horiuchi
    Nature Photonics, 2018, 12 : 123 - 123
  • [36] BREAKING SYMMETRY
    BOOTH, RK
    NEW SCIENTIST, 1986, 112 (1530) : 69 - 69
  • [37] Breaking symmetry
    Horiuchi, Noriaki
    NATURE PHOTONICS, 2018, 12 (03) : 123 - 123
  • [38] Time-reversal symmetry breaking and emergence in driven-dissipative Ising models
    Paz, Daniel A.
    Maghrebi, Mohammad F.
    SCIPOST PHYSICS, 2022, 12 (02):
  • [39] Symmetry and emergence
    Edward Witten
    Nature Physics, 2018, 14 : 116 - 119
  • [40] Symmetry and emergence
    Witten, Edward
    NATURE PHYSICS, 2018, 14 (02) : 116 - 119
12345