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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...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Elsevier Science & Technology,
2008.
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| Colección: | Philosophy and foundations of physics.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | 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. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource. |
| ISBN: | 0080552064 9780080552064 |