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AKPhil: Arbeitskreis Philosophie der Physik

AKPhil 2: Raum-Zeit-Theorien I

AKPhil 2.1: Invited Talk

Monday, March 3, 2008, 16:45–17:30, KGI-HS 1015

Remarks on "General Covariance" and "Background Independence" — •Domenico Giulini — AEI, Potsdam

General Covariance and/or Background Independence are usually considered to be central requirements for any unifying theory of fundamental interactions, including Gravity and hence also a theory of SpaceTime. However, a precise definition of these terms seems elusive and it is unclear (to me) in precisely what sense the corresponding requirements really constitute non-trivial heuristic principles. In my talk I will describe some of the main difficulties.