Pith. sign in

REVIEW 1 cited by

The physicists philosophy of physics

Not yet reviewed by Pith; the record is open.

Re-run · record.json Download PDF Read on arXiv ↗

This paper has not been read by Pith yet. Machine review is queued; the pith claim, tier, and objections will appear here once it completes.

SPECIMEN: schema-true, not a live event

T0 review · schema-true

One-sentence machine reading of the paper's core claim.

pith:XXXXXXXX · record.json · timestamp

arxiv 2401.16506 v2 pith:U55UAJIE submitted 2024-01-29 physics.hist-ph astro-ph.CO

P. J. E. Peebles This is my paper · ORCID
classification physics.hist-phastro-ph.CO
keywords physicistsdefinitionphilosophyphysicsacceptarguecommunitycompare
verification ladder T0 review T1 audit T2 compute T3 formal
0 comments
read the original abstract

I argue that research in physics operates under an implicit community philosophy, and I offer a definition I think physicists would accept, by and large. I compare this definition to what philosophers, sociologists, and historians of science, with physicists, say we are doing.

Discussion (0). Continue with ORCID to comment.

Forward citations

Cited by 1 Pith paper

Reviewed papers in the Pith corpus that reference this work. Sorted by Pith novelty score. Full citation record

  1. The Spectre of Underdetermination in Modern Cosmology

    physics.hist-ph 2025-01 conditional novelty 5.0 of 10

    Modern cosmology is a successful empirical science, but the microphysical identities of inflation, dark matter, and dark energy may be permanently underdetermined by cosmological data.

Pith tools