Barrett, Thomas William (2013) On the Structure of Classical Mechanics. [Preprint]

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Jill North (North, 2009) has recently argued that Hamiltonian mechanics ascribes less structure to the world than Lagrangian mechanics does. I will argue that North's argument is not sound. In doing so, I will present some obstacles that must be navigated by anyone interested in comparing the amounts of structure that different physical theories ascribe to the world.

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Item Type:	Preprint
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID Barrett, Thomas William thomaswb@princeton.edu
Keywords:	classical mechanics, structure, Lagrangian mechanics, Hamiltonian mechanics, statespace
Subjects:	Specific Sciences > Physics > Classical Physics General Issues > Structure of Theories Specific Sciences > Physics > Symmetries/Invariances
Depositing User:	Thomas William Barrett
Date Deposited:	22 Feb 2013 14:31
Last Modified:	05 Mar 2013 13:32
Item ID:	9586
Subjects:	Specific Sciences > Physics > Classical Physics General Issues > Structure of Theories Specific Sciences > Physics > Symmetries/Invariances
Date:	February 2013
URI:	https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/9586

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