TY  - JOUR
AU  - Luu, Thomas
AU  - Meißner, Ulf-G.
TI  - Misconceptions on Effective Field Theories and Spontaneous Symmetry Breaking: Response to Ellis’ Article
JO  - Foundations of physics
VL  - 50
IS  - 10
SN  - 0015-9018
CY  - New York, NY [u.a.]
PB  - Springer Science + Business Media B.V.
M1  - FZJ-2020-02764
SP  - 1140 - 1151
PY  - 2020
AB  - In an earlier paper Luu and Meißner (arXiv:1910.13770 [physics.hist-ph]) we discussed emergence from the context of effective field theories, particularly as related to the fields of particle and nuclear physics. We argued on the side of reductionism and weak emergence. George Ellis has critiqued our exposition in Ellis (arXiv:2004.13591 [physics.hist-ph]), and here we provide our response to his critiques. Many of his critiques are based on incorrect assumptions related to the formalism of effective field theories and we attempt to correct these issues here. We also comment on other statements made in his paper. Important to note is that our response is to his critiques made in archive versions arXiv:2004.13591v1-5 [physics.hist-ph]. That is, versions 1–5 of this archive post. Version 6 has similar content as versions 1–5, but versions 7–9 are seemingly a different paper altogether (even with a different title).
LB  - PUB:(DE-HGF)16
UR  - <Go to ISI:>//WOS:000560626600002
DO  - DOI:10.1007/s10701-020-00368-y
UR  - https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/878301
ER  -