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Group Structural Realism (Part 4)

By Bryan 19 January 2009 philosophy of physics, quantum theory, realism 4 Comments

Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4The Higher Structures Problem. My worry about structural realism starts with the observation that a relation is a very general…

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Group Structural Realism (Part 3)

By Bryan 10 January 2009 philosophy of physics, quantum theory, realism No Comments

Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4Group Structure and Theory Change. Can groups do a better job at surviving theory change than individual objects? Here’s one…

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Group Structural Realism (Part 2)

By Bryan 7 January 2009 philosophy of physics, quantum theory, realism No Comments

Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4Wigner’s Legacy. Yuval Ne’eman and Shlomo Sternberg have recorded an old particle physicist’s adage: Ever since the fundamental paper of…

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Group Structural Realism (Part 1)

By Bryan 4 January 2009 quantum theory, realism 3 Comments

Note: This post later turned into a paper, which turned into a forthcoming article in BJPS. You can read the full preprint here: PhilSci Archive.Part 1 | Part 2 |…

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