March, Eleanor (2024) Categorical equivalence and the kinematics-dynamics distinction. [Preprint]

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Abstract

I develop and motivate an extension of the categorical equivalence programme to the full space of kinematically possible models of a theory, beginning with a problem case from first-order logic where categorical equivalence seems too weak a criterion of theoretical equivalence. This has wide-ranging implications for discussions of theoretical equivalence, and the categorical equivalence programme in particular.

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Item Type:	Preprint
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID March, Eleanor eleanor.march@balliol.ox.ac.uk
Keywords:	Theoretical equivalence, categorical equivalence, definitional equivalence, Morita equivalence, category theory, kinematical possibility
Subjects:	General Issues > Structure of Theories General Issues > Theory Change
Depositing User:	Eleanor March
Date Deposited:	12 Nov 2024 13:12
Last Modified:	12 Nov 2024 13:12
Item ID:	24191
Subjects:	General Issues > Structure of Theories General Issues > Theory Change
Date:	9 November 2024
URI:	https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/24191

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