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On essential structures and symmetries

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dc.abstract.enThe main goal of the paper is to revisit the concept of a symmetry for relational structures in light of the ontological position dubbed “essentialist structuralism”. It is argued that the standard definition of the notion of a symmetry commits us to the existence of non-qualitative, haecceitistic differences between possible worlds. An alternative notion of symmetry is developed, based on the distinction between essential and contingent structures. It is claimed that this new concept is better suited for the doctrine of structuralism, and moreover it offers a new perspective on some well-known problems in the foundation of physical theories, such as the problem of permutation invariance in quantum mechanics and diffeomorphism invariance in general relativity.
dc.affiliationUniwersytet Warszawski
dc.contributor.authorBigaj, Tomasz
dc.date.accessioned2024-01-29T02:00:33Z
dc.date.available2024-01-29T02:00:33Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.description.financeNie dotyczy
dc.identifier.doi10.1515/9783110669411-002
dc.identifier.urihttps://repozytorium.uw.edu.pl//handle/item/156954
dc.identifier.weblinkhttps://www.degruyter.com/view/book/9783110669411/10.1515/9783110669411-002.xml
dc.languageeng
dc.pbn.affiliationphilosophy
dc.publisher.ministerialDe Gruyter
dc.relation.bookContemporary Polish ontology
dc.relation.pages1-23
dc.rightsClosedAccess
dc.sciencecloudnosend
dc.subject.ensymmetries
dc.subject.enrelational structures
dc.subject.enessentialism
dc.subject.enstructuralism
dc.subject.enhaecceitism
dc.subject.enpermutation invariance
dc.subject.enspace-time
dc.titleOn essential structures and symmetries
dc.typeMonographChapter
dspace.entity.typePublication