Will Wolf: 'Underdetermination in dark energy and inflationary cosmology.'
Abstract: "I argue that both dark energy and inflationary cosmology represent cases of so-called 'permanent underdetermination' of theory by evidence. I then present (a) a taxonomy of possible responses to underdetermination, and (b) an understanding of both dark energy and inflationary cosmology from an effective field point of view, in order to argue that while there is a response that can partially alleviate some of the concerns about underdetermination in the dark energy sector, these concerns persist in the inflationary sector."
The PoP-grunch (Philosophy of Physics Graduate Lunch) is a weekly informal seminar in which graduate students in Philosophy of Physics present their work in progress.
Philosophy of Physics Graduate Lunch Seminar Convenor: Eleanor March
