Barrett, Thomas William (2017) What Do Symmetries Tell Us About Structure? [Preprint]
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Abstract
Mathematicians, physicists, and philosophers of physics often look to the symmetries of an object for insight into the structure or constitution of the object. My aim in this paper is to explain why this practice is successful. In order to do so, I prove two theorems that are closely related to (and in a sense, generalizations of) Beth's and Svenonius' theorems.
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| Keywords: | symmetry, structure, definability, equivalence | ||||||
| Subjects: | Specific Sciences > Mathematics > Logic General Issues > Structure of Theories Specific Sciences > Physics > Symmetries/Invariances |
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| Depositing User: | Thomas Barrett | ||||||
| Date Deposited: | 27 Sep 2017 14:20 | ||||||
| Last Modified: | 27 Sep 2017 16:52 | ||||||
| Item ID: | 13487 | ||||||
| Subjects: | Specific Sciences > Mathematics > Logic General Issues > Structure of Theories Specific Sciences > Physics > Symmetries/Invariances |
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| Date: | September 2017 | ||||||
| URI: | https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/13487 |
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