Symmetry. Philosophy and Foundations of Physics, Structure, and Spacetime. Philosophy and Foundations of Physics, Volume 3.

Symmetry. Philosophy and Foundations of Physics, Structure, and Spacetime. Philosophy and Foundations of Physics, Volume 3.

In this book Rickles considers several interpretative difficulties raised by gauge-type symmetries (those that correspond to no change in physical state). The ubiquity of such symmetries in modern physics renders them an urgent topic in philosophy of physics. Rickles focuses on spacetime physics, an...

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Main Author: Rickles, Dean
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Elsevier Science & Technology, 2008.
Series:Philosophy and foundations of physics.
Subjects:
Symmetry (Physics)
Conservation laws (Physics)
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Summary:In this book Rickles considers several interpretative difficulties raised by gauge-type symmetries (those that correspond to no change in physical state). The ubiquity of such symmetries in modern physics renders them an urgent topic in philosophy of physics. Rickles focuses on spacetime physics, and in particular classical and quantum general relativity. Here the problems posed are at their most pathological, involving the apparent disappearance of spacetime! Rickles argues that both traditional ontological positions should be replaced by a structuralist account according to which relational.
Physical Description:1 online resource.
ISBN:0080552064
9780080552064
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.

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