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Some problems concerning language and physics

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We discuss three problems concerning the use of formal languages in theoretical physics: (i) the definability of time and spacetime in classical physical theories; (ii) how to cope with indistinguishable elementary particles in quantum mechanics without labeling them; and (iii) how to get a formal picture of quantum states jumping.

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Sant’Anna, A.S., Guerrer, G. Some problems concerning language and physics. Synthese 154, 467–484 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11229-006-9129-6

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