What Do Symmetries Tell Us about Structure?

被引：15
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作者：
Barrett, Thomas William [1 ]
机构：
[1] NYU, Dept Philosophy, 550 1St Ave, New York, NY 10003 USA
来源：
PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE | 2018年 / 85卷 / 04期
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D O I：
10.1086/699156
中图分类号：
N09 [自然科学史]; B [哲学、宗教];
学科分类号：
01 ; 0101 ; 010108 ; 060207 ; 060305 ; 0712 ;
摘要：
Mathematicians, physicists, and philosophers of physics often look to the symmetries of an object for insight into the structure and constitution of the object. My aim in this article is to explain why this practice is successful. In order to do so, I present a collection of results that are closely related to (and, in a sense, generalizations of) Beth's and Svenonius's theorems.
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页码：617 / 639
页数：23
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