Symmetries in Physics
Symmetries in Physics
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物理学中的对称性
DOI：
10.1017/cbo9780511535369
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2003
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通讯作者：
E. Castellani
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作者：
K. Brading;E. Castellani
这是《物理学中的对称性：哲学思考》的目录和第一章，由凯瑟琳·布雷德和埃琳娜·卡斯特拉尼编辑，剑桥大学出版社，2003年。作为2001年1月在牛津举行的关于对称性的物理哲学研讨会的组织者，我们决定将当前关于物理学对称性的哲学讨论汇集到一本书中。对称性在现代基础物理学中占主导地位，无论是在量子理论还是相对论中。哲学家们现在开始把越来越多的注意力放在规范对称的意义、对称破缺的作用、对称原理的经验地位等问题上。这些问题与科学哲学中的传统问题直接相关，包括自然规律的地位，数学、物理理论和世界之间的关系，以及数学对物理学的支配程度。
This is the table of contents and first chapter of "Symmetries in physics: philosophical reflections", edited by Katherine Brading and Elena Castellani, Cambridge University Press, 2003. As the organisers of the philosophy of physics workshop on symmetries held in Oxford in January 2001, we decided to bring together in one book the current philosophical discussions of symmetry in physics. Symmetry considerations dominate modern fundamental physics, both in quantum theory and in relativity. Philosophers are now beginning to devote increasing attention to such issues as the significance of gauge symmetry, the role of symmetry-breaking, the empirical status of symmetry principles, and so forth. These issues relate directly to traditional problems in the philosophy of science, including the status of the laws of nature, the relationships between mathematics, physical theory, and the world, and the extent to which mathematics dictates physics.