Timeline for Do scalar fields satisfy Kant's indefinitely-divisible matter thesis?
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| Apr 10, 2022 at 16:40 | comment | added | Pathfinder | @JoWehler Well, you could argue that the muon g2 experiment has seen sub structure, but this is not considered as evidence. The standard is still that quarks and leptons are elementary. That's the prevailing icon. But why not? The small distances haven't been probed yet. Would be nice to smash electrons head on. But that's not done because of...the icon. So experiments to clash the icon are not to be expected. | |
| Apr 10, 2022 at 16:29 | comment | added | Jo Wehler | @Felicia What about the state of the art: Have preons be detected in the meantime? | |
| Apr 10, 2022 at 16:17 | comment | added | Pathfinder | "These energies generate new particles which are not smaller than the original ones" Preons are smaller than quarks and leptons, or W- and Z-bosons, or Higgs particles. Smaller than preons it can't get... | |
| Apr 6, 2022 at 20:02 | comment | added | Kristian Berry | It was something of a toss-up between this and PK's answer as the best, but my only comment at this point will be to say that I probably emphasized the wrong part of the Critique in formulating my question. I think that maybe I should have focused on Kant's arguments concerning empty space. Then again, cosmological constants would already harmonize with a "no-empty-space" thesis, so bringing up scalar fields or interlocking 3D fractals might not be very useful, in that context (AFAIK the dark energy field might be a 5th force field, or it could be the other fields vs. vacuum energy). | |
| Apr 6, 2022 at 19:56 | vote | accept | Kristian Berry | ||
| Apr 6, 2022 at 11:40 | history | edited | Jo Wehler | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Apr 6, 2022 at 11:08 | history | edited | Jo Wehler | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Apr 6, 2022 at 11:02 | history | answered | Jo Wehler | CC BY-SA 4.0 |