Pooley, Oliver (2009) Substantive General Covariance: Another Decade of Dispute. EPSA Philosophical Issues in the Sciences: Launch of the European Philosophy of Science Association, 2. pp. 197-209.
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John Earman's recent proposal that a substantive version of general covariance consists in the requirement that diffeomorphism invariance be a gauge symmetry is critically assessed. I argue that such a principle does not serve to differentiate general relativity from pre-relativistic theories. A model-theoretic characterization of two formulations of specially-relativistic theories is suggested. Diffeomorphisms are symmetries of only one such style of formulation and, I argue, Earman's proposal does not provide a reason to deny diffeomorphisms the status of gauge transformations relative to this formulation. Carlo Rovelli's distinction between "passive" and "active" diffeomorphism invariance is also clarified.
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| Additional Information: | The original publication is available at www.springerlink.com. | ||||||
| Keywords: | general convariance, diffeomorphism invariance, gauge freedom | ||||||
| Subjects: | Specific Sciences > Physics > Relativity Theory Specific Sciences > Physics > Symmetries/Invariances |
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| Depositing User: | Oliver Pooley | ||||||
| Date Deposited: | 16 Mar 2012 11:13 | ||||||
| Last Modified: | 16 Mar 2012 11:13 | ||||||
| Item ID: | 9056 | ||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | EPSA Philosophical Issues in the Sciences: Launch of the European Philosophy of Science Association | ||||||
| Publisher: | Springer | ||||||
| Official URL: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-3252-2_19 | ||||||
| Subjects: | Specific Sciences > Physics > Relativity Theory Specific Sciences > Physics > Symmetries/Invariances |
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| Date: | January 2009 | ||||||
| Page Range: | pp. 197-209 | ||||||
| Volume: | 2 | ||||||
| URI: | https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/9056 |
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