This is why volume can turn out as a dilaton in the lower dimensional effective theory.
A low-energy effective theory with hadrons as the fundamental degrees of freedom is a possible solution.
The question of whether general relativity is an effective theory has been raised for a long time.
An effective theory helps physicists to do their work even if it requires a little doublethink.
Different people may develop more, or less, effective theories of mind.
Instead, natural selection seems to lead to us adopting the effective theory of free will.
For specific problems effective theories may be written down which give qualitatively correct results in certain limits.
The term "effective theory" is used in a non-standard specialized way.
Would an effective theory of how advertising works have helped?
Criteria for an effective theory of consciousness and some preliminary attempts.