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Objectivity, invariance, and convention : symmetry in physical science / Talal A. Debs, Michael L.G. Redhead.
Math/Physics/Astronomy Library QC174.17.S9 D43 2007
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Debs, Talal A.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Symmetry (Physics).
- Simultaneity (Physics).
- Objectivity.
- Quantum theory.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 194 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2007.
- Contents:
- 1 Scientific Representation 1
- Two Dimensions of Representation 8
- The Social Dimension 12
- The Formal Dimension 14
- A Combined Account 24
- 2 Models, Symmetry, and Convention 7
- Models and Symmetry 33
- Ambiguity and Convention 44
- Representation, Symmetry, and Convention 50
- 3 A New Appraisal of Symmetry 33
- Heuristic Power 53
- Universality 55
- Objectivity 56
- Against Invariantism 66
- Perspectival Invariantism 72
- 4 Simultaneity and Convention 76
- Simultaneity 76
- Simultaneity and Perspectival Invariance 94
- 5 Objectivity in the Twin Paradox 98
- Explaining the Twins 111
- Time and Perspectival Invariance 132
- 6 Localization in Quantum Theory 134
- Position and Localization 135
- Representing a Localized Particle 140
- Localization and Perspectival Invariance 155.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 178-189) and index.
- ISBN:
- 067402298X
- 9780674022980
- OCLC:
- 74966583
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