Barrett, Thomas William (2013) On the Structure of Classical Mechanics. In: [2013] Foundations of Physics 2013: The 17th UK and European Meeting on the Foundations of Physics (Munich; 29-31 July 2013).
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Abstract
Jill North (North, 2009) has recently argued that Hamiltonian mechanics ascribes less structure to the world than Lagrangian mechanics does. I will argue that North's argument is not sound. In doing so, I will present some obstacles that must be navigated by anyone interested in comparing the amounts of structure that different physical theories ascribe to the world.
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| Keywords: | classical mechanics, structure, Lagrangian mechanics, Hamiltonian mechanics, statespace |
| Subjects: | Specific Sciences > Physics > Classical Physics Specific Sciences > Physics General Issues > Structure of Theories Specific Sciences > Physics > Symmetries/Invariances |
| Conferences and Volumes: | [2013] Foundations of Physics 2013: The 17th UK and European Meeting on the Foundations of Physics (Munich; 29-31 July 2013) |
| Depositing User: | Thomas William Barrett |
| Date Deposited: | 05 Mar 2013 08:32 |
| Last Modified: | 05 Mar 2013 08:32 |
| Item ID: | 9603 |
| URI: | http://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/9603 |
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