The structural foundations of quantum gravity / edited by Dean Rickles, Steven French, and Juha Saatsi. - Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2006. - xii, 270 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Notes on contributors. 1. Quantum Gravity Meets Structuralism: Interweaving Relations in the Foundations of Physics, D. P. Rickles and S. R. D. French 2. Structural Realism and Quantum Gravity, T. Y. Cao 3. Structure, Individuality, and Quantum Gravity, J. Stachel 4. Points, Particles, and Structural Realism, O. Pooley 5. Holism and Structuralism in Classical and Quantum GR, M. Dorato and M. Pauri 6. Time and Structure in Canonical Gravity, D. P. Rickles 7. The Case for Background Independence, L. Smolin 8. Quantum Quandaries: A Category-Theoretic Perspective, J. C. Baez 1. Quantum Gravity Meets Structuralism: Interweaving Relations in the Foundations of Physics, D. P. Rickles and S. R. D. French 2. Structural Realism and Quantum Gravity, T. Y. Cao 3. Structure, Individuality, and Quantum Gravity, J. Stachel 4. Points, Particles, and Structural Realism, O. Pooley 5. Holism and Structuralism in Classical and Quantum GR, M. Dorato and M. Pauri 6. Time and Structure in Canonical Gravity, D. P. Rickles 7. The Case for Background Independence, L. Smolin 8. Quantum Quandaries: A Category-Theoretic Perspective, J. C. Baez

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Quantum gravity.

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