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in QED there are really only fields and subsets of those fields that have the label 'particle'; I'm not sure how your metaphysics of properties/extensions maps
by platz 6y ago
in QED there are really only fields and subsets of those fields that have the label 'particle'; I'm not sure how your metaphysics of properties/extensions maps onto a smooth continuous manifold such as that.
- ethn 6y agoThe article tackles and refutes this pure field view, but continuous manifolds are no issue, and is required for anything to be extended in space--the transcendental aesthetic refutes the type of discursive space you're presuming, such as that of Leibniz. Or to quote yourself: "Anytime someone insists on HN that virtual particles are real, you can just tell them that Arkani-Hamed disagrees with you and that he is also smarter than you."