LEADER 04091nam 2200625Ia 450 001 9910458476003321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-281-04745-7 010 $a9786611047450 010 $a0-08-055206-4 035 $a(CKB)1000000000402512 035 $a(EBL)313980 035 $a(OCoLC)191749374 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000254698 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11213487 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000254698 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10207902 035 $a(PQKB)10571707 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC313980 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL313980 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10191589 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL104745 035 $a(OCoLC)935264310 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000402512 100 $a20071211d2008 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aSymmetry, structure, and spacetime$b[electronic resource] 210 $aAmsterdam $cElsevier Science Pub$d2008 215 $a1 online resource (243 p.) 225 0 $aPhilosophy and foundations of physics, v.3 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-444-53116-5 327 $aCover; Preface; Acknowledgements; Contents; Chapter 1. Interpretation and Formalism; 1.1 Interpretation and ontology; 1.2 Symmetry and structure; 1.3 Permutation symmetry and possibility; 1.4 A very brief primer on classical and quantum systems; Chapter 2. Space and Time in the Leibniz-Clarke Debate; 2.1 Substantivalism versus relationalism; 2.2 Inflation versus deflation; 2.3 Leibniz versus Clarke; 2.4 Sophisticated substantivalism and unsophisticated relationalism; 2.5 Looking ahead to the modern debate; Chapter 3. The Interpretation of Gauge Symmetries; 3.1 Maxwellian electromagnetism 327 $a3.2 Aspects of gauge theories3.3 Interpretive problems of gauge theories; 3.4 Why gauge?; Chapter 4. Spacetime in General Relativity; 4.1 Manifold substantivalism; 4.2 Models and worlds; 4.3 The hole argument: The view from gauge theory; Chapter 5. Responding to the Hole Problem; 5.1 Troubles with determinism; 5.2 The modalist turn; 5.3 Varieties of relationalism; Chapter 6. What Is an Observable in General Relativity?; 6.1 Defining observables; 6.2 What is the significance of relational localization?; Chapter 7. Time, Change, and Gauge; 7.1 Holes and gauge: A brief recap 327 $a7.2 What is the problem of time?7.3 A snapshot of the philosophical debate; 7.4 Catalogue of responses; 7.5 Enter structuralism; 7.6 Quantum gravity and spacetime ontology; Chapter 8. Symmetry and Ontology; 8.1 To reduce or not reduce?; 8.2 Geometric mechanics and possibility spaces; 8.3 Four views on reduction; Chapter 9. Structuralism and Symmetry; 9.1 Three types of structuralism; 9.2 To take objects or to leave them?; 9.3 Surplus, semantic universalism and minimal structuralism; 9.4 Minimal structuralism is not constructive empiricism; References; Subject Index 330 $aIn this book Rickles considers several interpretative difficulties raised by gauge-type symmetries (those that correspond to no change in physical state). The ubiquity of such symmetries in modern physics renders them an urgent topic in philosophy of physics. Rickles focuses on spacetime physics, and in particular classical and quantum general relativity. Here the problems posed are at their most pathological, involving the apparent disappearance of spacetime! Rickles argues that both traditional ontological positions should be replaced by a structuralist account according to which relational 410 0$aPhilosophy and foundations of physics 606 $aSymmetry (Physics) 606 $aConservation laws (Physics) 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aSymmetry (Physics) 615 0$aConservation laws (Physics) 676 $a530.1 700 $aRickles$b Dean$0792007 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910458476003321 996 $aSymmetry, structure, and spacetime$91935174 997 $aUNINA