Sophistry about symmetries?

DOI10.1007/s11229-020-02658-4zbMath1529.03112OpenAlexW3024104903MaRDI QIDQ6142428

James Read, Niels C. M. Martens

Publication date: 26 January 2024

Published in: Synthese (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11229-020-02658-4

zbMATH Keywords

symmetryreductionsophisticationinterpretational and motivational approachessymmetry-to-reality inferences

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

General relativity (83C99) Logic in the philosophy of science (03A10)

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