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Fundamentality Here, Fundamentality There, Fundamentality Everywhere

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What is Fundamental?

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The question “What is fundamental?” elicits widely divergent responses, even among physicists.

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  1. Collège de Maisonneuve, Montreal, Canada

    Marc Séguin

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  1. Physics Department, UC Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA, USA

    Anthony Aguirre

  2. Foundational Questions Institute, Decatur, GA, USA

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  3. Foundational Questions Institute, Decatur, GA, USA

    Zeeya Merali

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Séguin, M. (2019). Fundamentality Here, Fundamentality There, Fundamentality Everywhere. In: Aguirre, A., Foster, B., Merali, Z. (eds) What is Fundamental?. The Frontiers Collection. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-11301-8_6

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