Objectivity, Invariance and Convention – Symmetry in Physical Science
Autor Talal A Debs, Michael Lg Redheaden Limba Engleză Hardback – 26 mar 2007
Offering a new appraisal of symmetry in modern physics, employing detailed case studies from relativity theory and quantum mechanics, Objectivity, Invariance, and Convention contends that the physical sciences, though dependent on convention, may produce objective representations of reality. Talal Debs and Michael Redhead show that both realists and constructivists have recognized important elements of an understanding of science that may not be contradictory.
The position--"perspectival invariantism"--introduced in this book highlights the shortcomings of existing approaches to symmetry in physics, and, for the constructivist, demonstrates that a dependence on conventions in representation reaches into the domain of the most technical sciences. For the realist, it stands as evidence against the claim that conventionality must undermine objectivity. We can be committed to the existence of a single real ontology while maintaining a cultural view of science.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780674022980
ISBN-10: 067402298X
Pagini: 188
Dimensiuni: 162 x 240 x 18 mm
Greutate: 0.45 kg
Editura: Harvard University Press
ISBN-10: 067402298X
Pagini: 188
Dimensiuni: 162 x 240 x 18 mm
Greutate: 0.45 kg
Editura: Harvard University Press
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Offering a new appraisal of symmetry in modern physics, employing detailed case studies from relativity theory and quantum mechanics, Objectivity, Invariance, and Convention contends that the physical sciences, though dependent on convention, may produce objective representations of reality.