Holism and structuralism in U(1) gauge theory
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Holism and Structuralism in U(1) Gauge Theory
After decades of neglect philosophers of physics have discovered gauge theories—arguably the paradigm of modern field physics—as a genuine topic for foundational and philosophical research. Incidentally, in the last couple of years interest from the philosophy of physics in structural realism—in the eyes of its proponents the best suited realist position towards modern physics—has also raised. ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part B: Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics
سال: 2004
ISSN: 1355-2198
DOI: 10.1016/j.shpsb.2004.07.004