Lopez, Cristian (2021) The Physics and Philosophy of Time Reversal in Standard Quantum Mechanics. Synthese. ISSN 1573-0964
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Abstract
A widespread view in physics holds that the implementation of time reversal in
standard quantum mechanics must be given by an anti-unitary operator. In
foundations and philosophy of physics, however, there has been some discussion
about the conceptual grounds of this orthodoxy, largely relying on either its
obviousness or its mathematical-physical virtues. My aim in this paper is to
substantively change the traditional structure of the debate by highlighting the
philosophical commitments underlying the orthodoxy. I argue that the persuasive
force of the orthodoxy can benefit from a relational metaphysics of time and a
by-stipulation view on symmetries. Within such philosophical background, I
submit, the orthodoxy of time reversal in standard quantum mechanics could find
a fertile terrain to lay the groundwork for a more thorough conceptual
justification.
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| Keywords: | quantum mechanics, time reversal, anti-unitarity, relationalism, symmetry. | ||||||
| Subjects: | Specific Sciences > Physics Specific Sciences > Physics > Quantum Mechanics Specific Sciences > Physics > Symmetries/Invariances |
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| Depositing User: | Dr. Cristian Lopez | ||||||
| Date Deposited: | 07 Jan 2025 13:36 | ||||||
| Last Modified: | 07 Jan 2025 13:36 | ||||||
| Item ID: | 24488 | ||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Synthese | ||||||
| Publisher: | Springer (Springer Science+Business Media B.V.) | ||||||
| Official URL: | https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11229-0... | ||||||
| DOI or Unique Handle: | 10.1007/s11229-021-03420-0 | ||||||
| Subjects: | Specific Sciences > Physics Specific Sciences > Physics > Quantum Mechanics Specific Sciences > Physics > Symmetries/Invariances |
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| Date: | 30 September 2021 | ||||||
| ISSN: | 1573-0964 | ||||||
| URI: | https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/24488 |
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