?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Symmetry+%26+Possibility%3A+To+Reduce+or+not+Reduce%3F&rft.creator=Rickles%2C+Dean&rft.subject=Classical+Physics&rft.subject=Reductionism%2FHolism&rft.subject=Fields+and+Particles&rft.description=In+this+paper+I+examine+the+connection+between+symmetry+and+modality+from+the+perspective+of+%60reduction'+methods+in+geometric+mechanics.+I+begin+by+setting+the+problem+up+as+a+choice+between+two+opposing+views%3A+reduction+and+non-reduction.+I+then+discern+four+views+on+the+matter+in+the+literature%3B+they+are+distinguished+by+their+advocation+of+distinct+geometric+spaces+as+representing+%60reality'.+I+come+down+in+favour+of+non-reductive+methods.&rft.date=2004-07&rft.type=Preprint&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fphilsci-archive.pitt.edu%2F1846%2F1%2Freduction.pdf&rft.identifier=Rickles%2C+Dean+(2004)+Symmetry+%26+Possibility%3A+To+Reduce+or+not+Reduce%3F+[Preprint]&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fphilsci-archive.pitt.edu%2F1846%2