Saunders, Simon (2001) Indiscernibles, General Covariance, and Other Symmetries. UNSPECIFIED. (In Press)
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Abstract
Leibniz's principle of identity of indiscernibles, formulated in modern logical terms, can be applied in a uniform way to all the exact physical symmetries, including the diffeomorphism group of general relativity. The framework that results is a form of relationalism, although it is not wedded to any reductionist program. Objections to near neighbours of these claims, by Stachel and Earman respectively, are considered and rejected.
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| Keywords: | Leibniz, identity of indiscernibles, general covariance, relationalism, relationism, Earman, Stachel, hole argument. |
| Subjects: | Specific Sciences > Physics > Classical Physics Specific Sciences > Physics > Cosmology Specific Sciences > Physics > Fields and Particles Specific Sciences > Physics |
| Depositing User: | Simon W. Saunders |
| Date Deposited: | 29 Oct 2001 |
| Last Modified: | 07 Oct 2010 11:10 |
| Item ID: | 459 |
| Public Domain: | No |
| URI: | http://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/459 |
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