Ebaluazio meta-enpirikoa unibertsoaren hasierako iruditegian. Inflazio kosmikoaren bideragarritasuna

Abstract

Meta-Empirical theory Assessment (MEA) argues that, due to the progressive distancing of theory from experiment, the way of evaluating contemporary physical theories has changed: as empirical confirmation became more difficult, physicists developed new methods to recognize which theories are worth pursuing, making it possible to assess theories with little or no empirical basis. At this year’s IkerGazte congress, I shall focus on a concrete physically relevant case study – Cosmic Inflation – and investigate how that theory adjusts to MEA. My central thesis is that Dawid’s three arguments represent well the reasons why most theoretical physicists keep trusting Cosmic Inflation but they do not guarantee its viability. To defend my point of view, I shall rely on the discussion that arose from the results of the Planck satellite in 2013.