3 papers
physics.hist-ph2024
Gauge Invariance through Gauge Fixing
David Wallace
Phenomena in gauge theory are often described in the physics literature via a specific choice of gauge. In foundational and philosophical discussions this is often criticized as in…
physics.hist-ph2024
What Gibbsian Statistical Mechanics Says: Defending Bare Probabilism
David Wallace
I expound and defend the ``bare probabilism'' reading of Gibbsian (i.e. mainstream) statistical mechanics, responding to Frigg and Werndl's recent (BJPS 72 (2021), 105-129) plea: `…
physics.hist-ph2024
Quantum Systems Other Than the Universe
David Wallace
How should we interpret physical theories, and especially quantum theory, if we drop the assumption that we should treat it as an exact description of the whole Universe? I expound…