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Title: The quantum gravity seeds for laws of nature

Abstract: We discuss the challenges that the standard (Humean and non-Humean) accounts of laws face within the framework of quantum gravity where space and time may not be fundamental. This paper identifies core (meta)physical features that cut across a number of quantum gravity approaches and formalisms and that provide seeds for articulating updated conceptions that could account for QG laws not involving any spatio-temporal notions. To this aim, we will in particular highlight the constitutive roles of quantum entanglement, quantum transition amplitudes and quantum causal histories. These features also stress the fruitful overlap between quantum gravity and quantum information theory.
Comments: 19 pages, 5 figures
Subjects: History and Philosophy of Physics (physics.hist-ph); General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc); Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
Cite as: arXiv:2404.12248 [physics.hist-ph]
  (or arXiv:2404.12248v1 [physics.hist-ph] for this version)

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From: Daniele Oriti [view email]
[v1] Thu, 18 Apr 2024 15:12:52 GMT (482kb,D)

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