Against Symmetry Fundamentalism.
Symmetry fundamentalism claims that symmetries should be taken metaphysically seriously as part of the fundamental ontology. The main aim of this paper is to bring some novel objections against this view. I make two points. The first places symmetry fundamentalism within a broader network of philoso...
| Publicado en: | Erkenntnis Vol. 90; no. 5; pp. 1821 - 1846 |
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Jun2025
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