Confirmation via Analogue Simulation
What Dumb Holes Could Tell Us about Gravity
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8399456 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Radin Dardashti (0000-0002-7205-6893, LMU Klinikum), Karim P Y Thébault (0000-0002-3440-3030), Eric Winsberg (0000-0002-8764-0072, University of South Florida) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 68 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 55-89 |
| Publication date | 2017-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0007-0882 • E-ISSN: 1464-3537 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/bjps/axv010 |
| OpenAlex | W1957202555 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 30 |
| References cited | 50 |
In this article we argue for the existence of ‘analogue simulation’ as a novel form of scientific inference with the potential to be confirmatory. This notion is distinct from the modes of analogical reasoning detailed in the literature, and draws inspiration from fluid dynamical ‘dumb hole’ analogues to gravitational black holes. For that case, which is considered in detail, we defend the claim that the phenomena of gravitational Hawking radiation could be confirmed in the case that its counterpart is detected within experiments conducted on diverse realizations of the analogue model. A prospectus is given for further potential cases of analogue simulation in contemporary science. 1 Introduction2 Physical Background2.1 Hawking radiation in semi-classical gravity2.2 Modelling sound in fluids2.3 The acoustic analogue model of Hawking radiation3 Simulation and Analogy in Physical Theory3.1 Analogical reasoning and analogue simulation3.2 Confirmation via analogue simulation3.3 Recapitulation4 The Sound of Silence: Analogical Insights into Gravity4.1 Experimental realization of analogue models4.2 Universality and the Hawking effect4.3 Confirmation of gravitational Hawking radiation5 Prospectus
Analogy · Classical mechanics · Entropy (arrow of time) · Epistemology · Gravitation · Gravitational wave · Hawking · Hawking radiation · Physics · Prospectus · Quantum mechanics · Theoretical physics · Cosmology and Gravitation Theories · Philosophy · Quantum Electrodynamics and Casimir Effect · Quantum Mechanics and Applications
Prospects for Analogue Confirmation
Philosophy of Astrophysics
Analogue Quantum Simulation
Models
The Formal Structure(s) of Analogical Inference
The Value of Surprise in Science
Ψ-epistemic quantum cosmology
The case for black hole thermodynamics part I
Hawking radiation and analogue experiments
The case for black hole thermodynamics part II
How to think about analogical inferences
On knots and temporality
Re-construction or re-invention? Experimental strategies in the historical sciences
Reasoning in physics
What can we learn (and not learn) from thought experiments in black hole thermodynamics
A precipice below which lies absurdity? Theories without a spacetime and scientific understanding
Paleoclimate analogues and the threshold problem
The multiple realizability of general relativity in quantum gravity
What we cannot learn from analogue experiments
Against ‘functional gravitational energy’
Evidence and analogy in Archaeoastronomy
Models on the move
Phase transitions and the birth of early universe particle physics
How to infer explanations from computer simulations
Norton's material theory of analogy
How to Engineer a Quantum Wavefunction
Re-Assessing the Experiment / Observation-Divide
Of Water Drops and Atomic Nuclei
On the Universality of Hawking Radiation
Putting Theory in Its Place
Science in the Age of Computer Simulation
A Treatise on Probability
By Parallel Reasoning
Essays on the Intellectual Powers of Man
Answers in search of a question
Does matter really matter? Computer simulations, experiments, and materiality
Confirmation and reduction
A tale of two methods
Analogy and Confirmation Theory
Aspects of Scientific Explanation and Other Essays in the Philosophy of Science
| Unique citing works | 30 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 3 |
| Citation span | 2016 - 2026 (11) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 29 |