In an earlier paper Luu and Meisner ( 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).

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对有效场论和自发对称破缺的误解：对埃利斯文章的回应

在较早的论文 Luu 和 Meisner (arXiv:1910.13770 [physics.hist-ph]) 中，我们讨论了有效场论背景下的涌现，特别是与粒子和核物理领域相关的情况。我们在还原论和弱涌现方面进行了争论。George Ellis 在 Ellis ( arXiv:2004.13591 [physics.hist-ph]) 中批评了我们的论述，在这里我们提供了对他的批评的回应。他的许多批评都是基于与有效场论的形式主义相关的错误假设，我们试图在这里纠正这些问题。我们还评论了他论文中的其他陈述。需要注意的是，我们的回应是对他在存档版本 arXiv:2004.13591v1-5 [physics.hist-ph] 中提出的批评。也就是说，此存档帖子的版本 1-5。版本 6 的内容与版本 1-5 相似，