How to be a realist about Minkowski spacetime without believing in magical explanations.

  1. Sus, Adan 1
  1. 1 Universidad de Valladolid
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    Universidad de Valladolid

    Valladolid, España

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Revista:
Theoria: an international journal for theory, history and foundations of science

ISSN: 0495-4548

Año de publicación: 2020

Volumen: 35

Número: 2

Páginas: 175-195

Tipo: Artículo

DOI: 10.1387/THEORIA.21065 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openDialnet editor

Otras publicaciones en: Theoria: an international journal for theory, history and foundations of science

Resumen

La pregunta sobre la relación entre las simetrías espacio-temporales y las simetrías de las leyes ha recibido atención renovada en la reciente discusión sobre el estatus de la métrica de Minkowsi en la Teoría de la Relatividad Especial. En ese contexto, encontramos dos posiciones extremas (o bien las simetrías espaciotemporales explican las simetrías de las leyes o viceversa) y el supuesto general de que el debate tiene que ver primariamente con la cuestión de la prioridad explicativa. El objetivo de este artículo es doble: primero, argumentar que la dimensión ontológica del debate no puede ser ignorada; segundo, defender que atender a esta dimensión implica considerar una tercera perspectiva sobre la relación entre espaciotiempo y simetrías, en la cual ambos términos se derivarían de los presupuestos implicados en la formulación de cierta teoría física.

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I would like to thank some anonymous reviewers for their comments. Research for this article has been supported by the following projects: “Laws, explanation and realism in physical and biomedical sciences” (FFI2016-76799-P) and “Limits of quantum physics - formalism, interpretation, visualization and aesthetics” (FFI2016-77266-P), Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (Spain).

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