Holster, Andrew (2003) The incompleteness of extensional object languages of physics and time reversal. Part 2. [Preprint]

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Abstract

This continues from Part 1. It is shown how an intensional interpretation of physics object languages can be formalised, and how a syntactic compositional time reversal operator can subsequently be defined. This is applied to solve the problems used as examples in Part 1. A proof of a general theorem that such an operator must be defineable (for any general transformation) is sketched. A number of related issues about the interpretation of theories of physics, including classical and quantum mechanics and classical EM theory are discussed.

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Item Type:	Preprint
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID Holster, Andrew
Keywords:	time reversal, logic of physics, intensional semantics for physics
Subjects:	Specific Sciences > Physics > Classical Physics Specific Sciences > Physics Specific Sciences > Physics > Quantum Mechanics
Depositing User:	[Nil] [Nil]
Date Deposited:	21 Oct 2003
Last Modified:	07 Oct 2010 15:12
Item ID:	1452
Subjects:	Specific Sciences > Physics > Classical Physics Specific Sciences > Physics Specific Sciences > Physics > Quantum Mechanics
Date:	October 2003
URI:	https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/1452

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