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The Dilemma Of Quantum Gravity In The Horizon Of Eidetic Intuition

Posted on:2017-05-02Degree:DoctorType:Dissertation
Country:ChinaCandidate:L D GaoFull Text:PDF
GTID:1220330482994163Subject:Philosophy of science and technology
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Hermann Weyl introduced the eidetic intuition of Husserl’s phenomenology into the philosophy of physics for the first time, and combine the thoughts with his own specific physics research, he put forward the gauge theory and gauge symmetry principle that has the nature of intuitive thinking background in 1918, at the same time, he pioneered the research on the mathematical theory of gauge theory, namely the theory of fiber bundles. Chen-Ning Yang inherited and developed after the gauge field theory and gauge invariance principle formed in 1929, Yang introduces the principle of the gauge symmetry into the microscopic quantum field, and extended the Weyl’s gauge theory from the Abel group to the non abelian Lie group,and he published the Yang Mills gauge theory in 1954, the theory has played an irreplaceable role in the later success of quantum field theory which was in trouble at that time, which become the core of the theory of the standard model which derived from the quantum field theory of success. The standard model has been tested through experiments for more than 30 years, with no counterexample, made great achievements. The study of quantum gravity and quantum field theory have the same origin, both of them belong to the subsequent theory of quantum theory, both of them had similar difficulties in theoretical structure and experiment, and both of them missed the inspire from the philosophical and ideological enlightenment at one time because of the neglect of ideological research. So the huge role the thinking of eidetic intuition played in the development of the quantum field theory brings hope to the quantum gravity theory to get out of the difficult situation at the moment.Weyl applied the thoughts of eidetic intuition in the Husserl’s phenomenological to the study of physics, and he created or opened up three aspects of the theory of thinking. The first one is the structural thinking of the Natural Science (including physics) based on the metric and measuring, metric and measuring are the mechanism physical theory and physics experiment present to the physics researchers (main body)respectively. So that the physical theory and physics experiment become a object of study of phenomenological, which made it is possible to apply the phenomenological method to the study of physics. and beneficial to the construction and improvement of the abstract algebra model in the new generation of physics theory at the same time. The second one is the Weyl"s research on the idea of symmetry, Weyl was the first to introduced the idea of symmetry into the study of physics, He also proposed a special symmetry in gauge theory research,namely gauge invariance. Weyl made accurate predictions for many times in the study of symmetry. Symmetry breaking was found after the death of the outer. From the extension of symmetry, the gauge invariance and even the symmetry breaking later discovered, in addition to the thought of eidetic intuition that symmetry principle contained, have great significance to the study of the fundamental principles of physics. The last one thought methodology istaked the aesthetic sense of the basic theory of Physics as the criterionin the research of the theory, based on eidetic intuition. From Husserl, Weyl, to Chen-Ning Yang, the thought was developed and improved constantly. Husserl proposed first that eidetic intuition is the most direct way to understand the object, which has self-evidence that confronts truths,beyond doubt. The intuition of phenomenology is similar to that of "pure" aesthetics, but phenomenological intuition has a further research and understanding purpose and meaning, compared with the aesthetic intuition. The criterion of aesthetic sense of the basic theory is the pursuit of the nature of the object of study and for the purpose of further research and understanding, so the criterion of aesthetic sense plays an "the adequate perception of truth" as self-evidence role. Weyl expanded the scope of the study of Husserl’s phenomenology, which make the physical theory and physics experiment also become the object of phenomenology, in this way the phenomenologic approach has the possibility to apply to the study of physics. Research on the theoretical framework of Physics which pursues the essence of the research object of Physics has the conditions for the application of the eidetic intuition methodology, which play an self-evidence role.Weyltaked the aesthetic sense of the basic theory of Physics as the criterionin the research of the theory of Physics, not the truth from the experience. Practice has proved that the application range of the criterion based on the aesthetic sense of the basic theory of physics as is too large, most of his studies in physics are successful, but there are examples of failures. From the thinking of eidetic intuition, only the theoretical study of the physical frame of the highly mathematical concentration is suitable for the application of the judgment of self-evidence, Actually, Weyl had achieved success in this range of the physics research, he had suffered a failure out of this range of research, Weyl didn’t have a clear the relationship between self-evidence and the criterion based on the aesthetic sense of the basic theory of Physics, but in fact made a comprehensive between Husserl’s and Weyl’s thought, the criterion Weyl taked aesthetic sense of the basic theory of physics as is a methodology with self-evidence, which pursues the essence of the research object of Physics. Chen-Ning Yang inherited Weyl main research in the theory of physics, he actually expressed the master view of the criterion based on the aesthetic sense of the basic theory of physics with implicit expression. Therefore, the application range of the criterion based on the aesthetic sense of the theory of physics must be limited to the research which pursues the essence of the research object of physics.Quantum gravity as the frontier of the development of the basic theory of physics, which aim is to study the latest theoretical framework of the theory of physics. At present, the research of quantum gravity is confronted with the dilemma of experiment: the ideal experimental equipment that the research of quantum gravity need in the present and the future for a long period of time is difficult to build. In the case of loss of experimental assistance, how to complete the theoretical structure in the study of quantum gravity? Seen from this perspective, the rationality of the way and the method of theory construction become currently priority issues.There are two main problems in the structure of theory of quantum gravity:The first point is the theory structure completely dependent on the criterion based on aesthetic sense of mathematical theory, without any experimental or theoretical basis, The reason of which is that the previous studies of theoretical physics have been made by experiments to test the theory of the structure of the modified theory of physics, Researchers of quantum gravity in the face of recent experimental difficulties, they neglects the research on the methodology of the theory structure, such as the application restrictions the criterion of aesthetic sense of mathematical theory. The second problem is there are some problems of the overall development model in the theoretical structure. The researchers of quantum gravity have no choice to adapt to their own situation of the rational development model, while facing the dilemma of experiment. The reason of which is that a priori model, hidden behind the success of the general relativity and the gauge theory, and its basic principles have not received the general attention of the researchers of the physics theory. The quantum gravity theory should be developed in the prior model under the experimental dilemma. First of all, we should establish the basic principle of quantum gravity, as the theoretical basis and research starting point, quantum gravity researchers are not aware of the basic principles of the requirements, The super symmetry they introduced does not meet the requirements of the basic principles. The criterion found of the aesthetic sense of the basic theory of physics is based on eidetic intuition, demonstrates its application scope and the basis of self-evidence, which can be used to solve the problems that the criterion found of the aesthetic sense of mathematics, in the structure of quantum gravity theory, is lack of clear theoretical basis and clear scope of application. The thought of eidetic intuition and Weyl’s study on the symmetry based on the eidetic intuition can provide two suggestions and methods for quantum gravity. First of all, the theory of quantum gravity should be constructed to find and determine the basic principles. Weyl’s research on the idea of symmetry can provide suggestions for the study of quantum gravity’s to find basic principles. Secondly, the construction of quantum gravity theory can also improve the theory of Super symmetry theory by consolidating its theoretical foundation in order to become the basic principle, Weyl’s research on the idea of symmetry can provide suggestions for finding the basis of the theory of super symmetry.
Keywords/Search Tags:Eidetic Intuition, Weyl, Phenomenology, Quantum Gravity, Evidence
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