Baker, David John (2022) The Epiphenomena Argument for Symmetry-to-Reality Inference. In: UNSPECIFIED.
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Abstract
A new argument is given for the thesis that only symmetry-invariant physical quantities are real. Non-invariant quantities are dynamically epiphenomenal in that they have no effect on the evolution of invariant quantities, and it is a significant theoretical vice to posit epiphenomenal quantities.
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| Keywords: | symmetry, fundamental quantities | ||||||
| Subjects: | General Issues > Scientific Metaphysics Specific Sciences > Physics > Symmetries/Invariances |
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| Depositing User: | David Baker | ||||||
| Date Deposited: | 17 Jun 2022 02:31 | ||||||
| Last Modified: | 17 Jun 2022 02:31 | ||||||
| Item ID: | 20751 | ||||||
| Subjects: | General Issues > Scientific Metaphysics Specific Sciences > Physics > Symmetries/Invariances |
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| Date: | 2022 | ||||||
| URI: | https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/20751 |
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