TY - JOUR AU - Liang, Zhen PY - 2020/10/14 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - Is Space Discrete? An Inquiry into the Reality of Planck Length and its Philosophical Implications JF - Cosmos and History: The Journal of Natural and Social Philosophy JA - Cosmos and History VL - 16 IS - 2 SE - Articles DO - UR - https://cosmosandhistory.org/index.php/journal/article/view/872 SP - 520-536 AB - <span id="docs-internal-guid-88f8523e-7fff-6ff5-8f4a-c042505eb7be"><p style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" dir="ltr"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: ">In this paper, I examine the philosophical assumptions subtending the newly emerging concept of the smallest possible chunk of discrete space ” Planck length, employing the method of historical analysis, hermeneutics, and phenomenological investigation.With the metaphysical presuppositions undergirding Planck length revealed, I attempt a discussion of the philosophical implications of the discrete space. </span></p><div><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "><br /></span></div></span> ER -