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(2000) Synthese 122 (3).
Using recent work by Forster and Sober, I identify circumstances in which appeals to symmetries in physical laws are rational with respect to the aim of predictive accuracy. I then consider a Bayesian account of symmetry, and argue that such an account faces serious problems explaining when and why appeals to symmetry would be rational.
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Kruse, M. (2000). Invariance, symmetry and rationality. Synthese 122 (3), pp. 337-357.
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