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Ontological Economy and Grand Unified Gauge Theories

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 April 2022

M. L. G. Redhead  and
J. S. Steigerwald
M. L. G. Redhead
Affiliation:
Department of History and Philosophy of Science, Chelsea College, University of London
J. S. Steigerwald
Affiliation:
Department of History and Philosophy of Science, Chelsea College, University of London
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In his paper, “Grand Unified Gauge Theories and the Number of Elementary Particles,“ Robert Weingard (1984) suggests what he calls the Extended Redhead's Principle (ERP) for elementary particles: “Two particles for which there are conceivable circumstances in which one can be ‘rotated’ or reoriented into the other are the same (species of) particles” (p. 154). The philosophical soundness of such a principle is questionable.

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Philosophy of Science , Volume 53 , Issue 2 , June 1986 , pp. 280 - 281
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Copyright © The Philosophy of Science Association 1986

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