Mirroring as an a priori symmetry
<p>A relationist will account for the use of 'left' and 'right' in terms of relative orientations, and other properties and relations invariant under mirroring. This analysis will apply whenever mirroring is a symmetry, so it certainly applies to classical mechanics; we arg...
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2007
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| description | <p>A relationist will account for the use of 'left' and 'right' in terms of relative orientations, and other properties and relations invariant under mirroring. This analysis will apply whenever mirroring is a symmetry, so it certainly applies to classical mechanics; we argue it applies to any physical theory formulated on a manifold: it is in this sense an <em>a priori</em> symmetry. It should apply in particular to parity violating theories in quantum mechanics; mirror symmetry is only broken in such theories as a <em>special</em> symmetry.</p> |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:555a38c1-e3f8-463e-aafb-122d2b20607f2022-03-26T16:43:31ZMirroring as an a priori symmetryJournal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:555a38c1-e3f8-463e-aafb-122d2b20607fEnglishSymplectic Elements at OxfordUniversity of Chicago Press2007Saunders, S<p>A relationist will account for the use of 'left' and 'right' in terms of relative orientations, and other properties and relations invariant under mirroring. This analysis will apply whenever mirroring is a symmetry, so it certainly applies to classical mechanics; we argue it applies to any physical theory formulated on a manifold: it is in this sense an <em>a priori</em> symmetry. It should apply in particular to parity violating theories in quantum mechanics; mirror symmetry is only broken in such theories as a <em>special</em> symmetry.</p> |
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| title | Mirroring as an a priori symmetry |
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