- 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


Objectivity, Invariance, and Convention
Symmetry in Physical Science
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Publication Date: 02/15/2007