Reifying mathematics? Prediction and symmetry classification

DOI10.1016/j.shpsb.2007.09.003zbMath1228.81007OpenAlexW2064322955MaRDI QIDQ652806

Sorin Bangu

Publication date: 17 December 2011

Published in: Studies in History and Philosophy of Science. Part B. Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.shpsb.2007.09.003

zbMATH Keywords

predictionsymmetryparticle physicsmathematical classification

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of quantum theory (81-03) Other elementary particle theory in quantum theory (81V25) Physics (00A79)

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Wigner’s Puzzle for Mathematical Naturalism ⋮ The role of symmetry in mathematics ⋮ Fundamentality, Effectiveness, and Objectivity of Gauge Symmetries ⋮ Avoiding reification. Heuristic effectiveness of mathematics and the prediction of the \(\Omega^-\) particle ⋮ Structure and Applicability

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• Symmetries of Baryons and Mesons
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