Huggett N., Matsubara K., Wuthrich C. (Eds.) Beyond Spacetime: The Foundations of Quantum Gravity

Cambridge University Press, 2020. — viii, 362 p. — ISBN: 978-1-108-47702-4.
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One of the greatest challenges in fundamental physics is to reconcile quantum mechanics and general relativity in a theory of quantum gravity. A successful theory would have profound consequences for our understanding of space, time, and matter. This collection of essays written by eminent physicists and philosophers discusses these consequences and examines the most important conceptual questions among philosophers and physicists in their search for a quantum theory of gravity. Comprised of three parts, the book explores the emergence of classical spacetime; the nature of time; and important questions of the interpretation, metaphysics, and epistemology of quantum gravity. These essays will appeal to both physicists and philosophers of science working on problems in foundational physics, specifically that of quantum gravity.List of ContributorsSpacetime Emergence
The Bronstein Hypercube of Quantum Gravity
Emergence of Time in Loop Quantum Gravity
Beyond Standard Inflationary Cosmology
What Black Holes Have Taught Us about Quantum GravityTime in Quantum Theories of Gravity
Space and Time in Loop Quantum Gravity
Being and Becoming on the Road to Quantum Gravity; or, the Birth of a Baby Is Not a Baby
Temporal Relationalism
Back to ParmenidesIssues of Interpretation
Why Black Hole Information Loss Is Paradoxical
Chronic Incompleteness, Final Theory Claims, and the Lack of Free Parameters in String Theory
Spacetime and Physical Equivalence
On the Empirical Consequences of the AdS/CFT Duality
Extending Lewisian Modal Metaphysics from a Specific Quantum Gravity Perspective
What Can (Mathematical) Categories Tell Us about Spacetime?