Univalence and Ontic Structuralism

Foundations of Physics 54 (3):1-27 (2024)
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The persistent challenge of formulating ontic structuralism in a rigorous manner, which prioritizes structures over the entities they contain, calls for a transformation of traditional logical frameworks. I argue that Univalent Foundations (UF), which feature the axiom that all isomorphic structures are identical, offer such a foundation and are more attractive than other proposed structuralist frameworks. Furthermore, I delve into the significance in the case of the hole argument and, very briefly, the nature of symmetries.

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Symmetries as Isomorphisms.Lu Chen - forthcoming - British Journal for the Philosophy of Science.
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