Murgueitio Ramírez, Sebastián (2026) Implicit and Formal Symmetries. [Preprint]

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In this paper, I distinguish between three different roles that symmetries play in physics practice that are not always distinguished in the philosophical literature and which seem to clash with each other. I then propose that the best way to make sense of these roles requires introducing a distinction between two different kinds of symmetries. One kind concerns invertible transformations that map solutions to solutions. The other is associated with the fact that one can use the same equation to model a system in many different frames.

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Item Type:	Preprint
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID Murgueitio Ramírez, Sebastián sm9330@princeton.edu 0000-0003-0035-0150
Keywords:	Symmetries, equivalence, representation, formal, implicit, models
Subjects:	General Issues > Laws of Nature Specific Sciences > Physics > Symmetries/Invariances
Depositing User:	Dr. Sebastián Murgueitio Ramírez
Date Deposited:	17 Jun 2026 07:33
Last Modified:	17 Jun 2026 07:33
Item ID:	30187
Subjects:	General Issues > Laws of Nature Specific Sciences > Physics > Symmetries/Invariances
Date:	15 June 2026
URI:	https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/30187

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