Objectivity, Invariance, and Convention

Symmetry in Physical Science

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ISBN 9780674022980

Publication Date: 02/15/2007

208 pages

6-1/8 x 9-1/4 inches

1 halftone, 29 line illustrations

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Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. Scientific Representation
- Two Dimensions of Representation
- The Social Dimension
- The Formal Dimension
- A Combined Account
- Conclusions
2. Models, Symmetry, and Convention
- Models and Symmetry
- Ambiguity and Convention
- Representation, Symmetry, and Convention
3. A New Appraisal of Symmetry
- Heuristic Power
- Universality
- Objectivity
- Against Invariantism
- Perspectival Invariantism
4. Simultaneity and Convention
- Simultaneity
- Simultaneity and Perspectival Invariance
5. Objectivity in the Twin Paradox
- An Introduction to the Twin Paradox
- Explaining the Twins
- Time and Perspectival Invariance
6. Localization in Quantum Theory
- Position and Localization
- Representing a Localized Particle
- Localization and Perspectival Invariance
Conclusion
Appendix A
Appendix B
Notes
Index

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