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Algebraic self-duality as the "ultimate explanation"
Foundations of Science 9 (4):369-385 (2004)
Abstract
Shahn Majids philosophy of physics is critically presented. In his view the postulate that the universe should be self-explaining implies that no fundamental theory of physics is complete unless it is self-dual. Majid shows that bicrossproduct Hopf algebras have this property. His philosophy is compared with other approaches to the ultimate explanation and briefly analyzed.Other Versions
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