Epistemic values in theoretical physics: Symmetries, conservation laws, and the strong nuclear interaction
Posted on:2017-04-01
Degree:Ph.D
Type:Dissertation
University:University of Notre Dame
Candidate:Ruiz de Olano, Pablo
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GTID:1450390005496334
Subject:Philosophy of science
Abstract/Summary:
In this dissertation I make three different claims concerning the role that symmetries and conservation laws played in particle physics in the 1950s and the 1960s, during the early history of the discipline. (Abstract shortened by ProQuest.).