This book brings together philosophical discussions of symmetry in physics, highlighting the main issues and controversies. It covers all the fundamental symmetries of modern physics, as well as discussing symmetry-breaking and general interpretational issues. For each topic, classic texts are followed by review articles and short commentaries.
This book brings together philosophical discussions of symmetry in physics, highlighting the main issues and controversies. It covers all the fundamental symmetries of modern physics, as well as discussing symmetry-breaking and general interpretational issues. For each topic, classic texts are followed by review articles and short commentaries.
Preface Copyright acknowledgements List of contributors 1. Introduction Part I. Continuous Symmetries: 2. Classic texts: extracts from Weyl and Wigner 3. Review paper: On the significance of continuous symmetry to the foundations of physics C. Martin 4. The philosophical roots of the gauge principle: Weyl and transcendental phenomenological idealism T. Ryckman 5. Symmetries and Noether's theorems K. A. Brading and H. R. Brown 6. General covariance, gauge theories, and the Kretschmann objection J. Norton 7. The interpretation of gauge symmetry M. Redhead 8. Tracking down gauge: an ode to the constrained Hamiltonian formalism J. Earman 9. Time-dependent symmetries: the link between gauge symmetries and indeterminism D. Wallace 10. A fourth way to the Aharanov-Bohm effect A. Nounou Part II. Discrete Symmetries: 11. Classic texts: extracts from Lebniz, Kant and Black 12. Review paper: Understanding permutation symmetry S. French and D. Rickles 13. Quarticles and the identity of discernibles N. Hugget 14. Review paper: Handedness, parity violation, and the reality of space O. Pooley 15. Mirror symmetry: what is it for a relational space to be orientable? N. Huggett 16. Physics and Leibniz's principles S. Saunders Part III. Symmetry Breaking: 17: Classic texts: extracts from Curie and Weyl 18. Extract from G. Jona-Lasinio: Cross-fertilization in theoretical physics: the case of condensed matter and particle physics G. Jona-Lasinio 19. Review paper: On the meaning of symmetry breaking E. Castellani 20. Rough guide to spontaneous symmetry breaking J. Earman 21. Spontaneous symmetry breaking: theoretical arguments and philosophical problems M. Morrison Part IV. General Interpretative Issues: 22. Classic texts: extracts from Wigner 23. Symmetry as a guide to superfluous theoretical structure J. Ismael and B. van Fraassen 24. Notes on symmetries G. Belot 25. Symmetry, objectivity, and design P. Kosso 26. Symmetry and equivalence E. Castellani.
Preface Copyright acknowledgements List of contributors 1. Introduction Part I. Continuous Symmetries: 2. Classic texts: extracts from Weyl and Wigner 3. Review paper: On the significance of continuous symmetry to the foundations of physics C. Martin 4. The philosophical roots of the gauge principle: Weyl and transcendental phenomenological idealism T. Ryckman 5. Symmetries and Noether's theorems K. A. Brading and H. R. Brown 6. General covariance, gauge theories, and the Kretschmann objection J. Norton 7. The interpretation of gauge symmetry M. Redhead 8. Tracking down gauge: an ode to the constrained Hamiltonian formalism J. Earman 9. Time-dependent symmetries: the link between gauge symmetries and indeterminism D. Wallace 10. A fourth way to the Aharanov-Bohm effect A. Nounou Part II. Discrete Symmetries: 11. Classic texts: extracts from Lebniz, Kant and Black 12. Review paper: Understanding permutation symmetry S. French and D. Rickles 13. Quarticles and the identity of discernibles N. Hugget 14. Review paper: Handedness, parity violation, and the reality of space O. Pooley 15. Mirror symmetry: what is it for a relational space to be orientable? N. Huggett 16. Physics and Leibniz's principles S. Saunders Part III. Symmetry Breaking: 17: Classic texts: extracts from Curie and Weyl 18. Extract from G. Jona-Lasinio: Cross-fertilization in theoretical physics: the case of condensed matter and particle physics G. Jona-Lasinio 19. Review paper: On the meaning of symmetry breaking E. Castellani 20. Rough guide to spontaneous symmetry breaking J. Earman 21. Spontaneous symmetry breaking: theoretical arguments and philosophical problems M. Morrison Part IV. General Interpretative Issues: 22. Classic texts: extracts from Wigner 23. Symmetry as a guide to superfluous theoretical structure J. Ismael and B. van Fraassen 24. Notes on symmetries G. Belot 25. Symmetry, objectivity, and design P. Kosso 26. Symmetry and equivalence E. Castellani.
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