Trans-Planckian Philosophy of Cosmology
History and Philosophy of Physics
2022-05-25 v1 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
Abstract
I provide some philosophical groundwork for the recently proposed 'trans-Planckian censorship' conjecture in theoretical physics. In particular, I argue that structure formation in early universe cosmology is, at least as we typically understand it, autonomous with regards to quantum gravity, the high energy physics that governs the Planck regime in our universe. Trans-Planckian censorship is then seen as a means of rendering this autonomy an empirical constraint within ongoing quantum gravity research.
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@article{arxiv.2205.11626,
title = {Trans-Planckian Philosophy of Cosmology},
author = {Mike D. Schneider},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2205.11626},
year = {2022}
}