Representational Change Has No Standing Effects
Abstract
This paper demonstrates that changes in representation have no effect on standing. Altering notation, parametrization, coordinate choice, or descriptive language is shown to leave legitimacy entirely unchanged so long as admissibility constraints are preserved. Apparent gains or losses in explanatory power arising from representational shifts are identified as artifacts of bookkeeping preference rather than structural differences. The argument is strictly eliminative and non-constructive, introducing no new semantics, dynamics, or evaluative mechanisms. By fixing representational neutrality on record, the paper closes a persistent class of interpretive errors in physics, mathematics, and philosophy that mistake descriptive flexibility for ontic or epistemic change.
Fields of Study & Subjects
Philosophy and History of Science
Philosophy
Science
and History
Epistemology
Ethics
and Metaphysics
Publication details
- Journal / source
- Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
- Publication date
- 8 February 2026