March, Eleanor (2024) What is the value in an intrinsic formalism? [Preprint]
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Abstract
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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| Keywords: | Symmetries, intrinsic, extrinsic, interpretationalism, motivationalism, reduction, sophistication | ||||||
| Subjects: | Specific Sciences > Physics > Symmetries/Invariances | ||||||
| Depositing User: | Eleanor March | ||||||
| Date Deposited: | 27 Mar 2024 11:29 | ||||||
| Last Modified: | 27 Mar 2024 11:29 | ||||||
| Item ID: | 23220 | ||||||
| Subjects: | Specific Sciences > Physics > Symmetries/Invariances | ||||||
| Date: | 22 March 2024 | ||||||
| URI: | https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/23220 |
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