A common adage runs that, given a theory manifesting symmetries, the syntax of that theory
should be modified in order to construct a new theory, from which symmetry-variant structure …

The presence of symmetries in physical theories implies a pernicious form of
underdetermination. In order to avoid this theoretical vice, philosophers often espouse a …

Within quantum chemistry, the electron clouds that surround nuclei in atoms and molecules
are sometimes treated as clouds of probability and sometimes as clouds of charge. These …

The aim of this thesis is to extend the success of a novel strategy for the interpretation of
symmetry-related models—sophistication—to contemporary physical theories' internal …

Physics presents us with a symphony of natural constants: to settle a debate over whether
mass scalings are symmetries of Newtonian gravitation. I argue that they are not, but only if …

How may we characterize the intrinsic structure of physical quantities such as mass, length,
or electric charge? This article shows that group-theoretic methods—specifically, the notion …

Absolutism about mass claims that mass ratios obtain in virtue of absolute masses.
Comparativism denies this. Dasgupta (in: Bennett, Zimmerman (eds), Oxford studies in …

It is a widely-held belief that (the values of) physical quantities are part of a theory's ideology.
For example, it seems that special relativity has an ontology of spacetime points and …

I develop an account of how mathematized theories in physics represent physical systems,
in response to the frequent claim that any such account must presuppose a non …

Dimensional quantities such as length, mass and charge, ie, numbers combined with a
conventional unit, are essential components of theories in the sciences, especially physics …