March, Eleanor (2025) What is the value in an intrinsic formalism? [Preprint]

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I discuss the distinction between extrinsic and intrinsic approaches to reformulating a theory with symmetries, and offer an account of the special value of intrinsic formalisms, drawing on a distinction between which mathematical expressions are meaningful within an extrinsic formalism and which are not.

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Item Type:	Preprint
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID March, Eleanor eleanor.march@balliol.ox.ac.uk
Keywords:	Symmetries, intrinsic, extrinsic, interpretationalism, motivationalism, reduction, sophistication
Subjects:	Specific Sciences > Physics > Symmetries/Invariances
Depositing User:	Eleanor March
Date Deposited:	30 Jun 2025 13:27
Last Modified:	30 Jun 2025 13:27
Item ID:	25848
Subjects:	Specific Sciences > Physics > Symmetries/Invariances
Date:	26 June 2025
URI:	https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/25848

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