Curie´s Principle and Indeterminism
Author(s) -
José Luis Rolleri
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
endoxa
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2174-5676
pISSN - 1133-5351
DOI - 10.5944/endoxa.46.2020.23677
Subject(s) - indeterminism , symmetry (geometry) , probabilistic logic , curie , invariance principle , invariant (physics) , mathematics , infinitesimal , theoretical physics , asymmetry , statistical physics , physics , mathematical physics , quantum mechanics , mathematical analysis , philosophy , determinism , epistemology , curie temperature , geometry , statistics , ferromagnetism
Curiés principle expresses an invariant connectiobn between symmetry of causes and symmetry of effects in deterministic systems. Here a probabilistic version of such principle is proposed and proved for indeterministic systems. In contrast with Curie´s principle, our probabilistic version involves the invariance of the probabilities that laws assign to physically possible final states of random processes under symmetry transformations, although with exceptions when a phenomenon breaks the symmetry in question.
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