Objectivity, Invariance, and Convention
Subtitle: Symmetry in Physical Science
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: February 15, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 208
ISBN-13: 9780674022980
Subjects: Physics; Philosophy; Reference; General; Quantum Theory; Philosophy / General; Objectivity; Simultaneity (Physics); Symmetry (Physics)
Description: "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 moments of an understanding of science that may not be contradictory."--Jacket.