On Symmetries and Springs
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10705149 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Sebastián Murgueitio Ramírez (0000-0003-0035-0150, Purdue University West Lafayette, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 91 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 831-850 |
| Publication date | 2024-10-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Philosophy of Science (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0031-8248 • E-ISSN: 1539-767X |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/psa.2023.170 |
| OpenAlex | W4391225511 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 17 |
Imagine that we are on a train, playing with some mechanical systems. Why can’t we detect any differences in their behavior when the train is parked versus when it is moving uniformly? The standard answer is that boosts are symmetries of Newtonian systems. In this article, I use the case of a spring to argue that this answer is problematic because symmetries are neither sufficient nor necessary for preserving its behavior. I also develop a new answer according to which boosts preserve the relational properties on which the behavior of a system depends, even when they are not symmetries
Calculus (dental) · Geometry · Homogeneous space · Physics · Pure mathematics · Theoretical physics · History and Theory of Mathematics · Mathematics · Mathematics and Applications · Medicine · Orthodontics · Relativity and Gravitational Theory
Redundant epistemic symmetries
Symmetries and the philosophy of language
Arguments from scientific practice in the debate about the physical equivalence of symmetry-related models
Rethinking Newton’s Principia
Symmetry as an Epistemic Notion (Twice Over)
Perfect Symmetries
A Puzzle about Laws, Symmetries and Measurability
Symmetry and the Metaphysics of Physics
| Citations per year | 1.5 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2024 - 2025 (2) |
| Highly cited | No |