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Underdetermination and Ontic Structural Realism [PDF]
Journal of Philosophical Investigations, 2021 One of the most important arguments against scientific realism is underdetermination, so realists should address the argument satisfactorily and give an appropriate response to it.
Saeed Masoumi
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Ontic Structural Realism as a Metaphysics of Objects [PDF]
Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science, 2010 In a first approach, ontic structural realism (OSR) is a realism towards physical structures in the sense of networks of concrete physical relations, without these relations being dependent on fundamental physical objects that possess an intrinsic identity as their relata.
Vincent Lam, Michael Eßfeld
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Ontic structural realism and the interpretation of quantum mechanics [PDF]
European Journal for Philosophy of Science, 2012 zbMATH Open Web Interface contents unavailable due to conflicting licenses.
Michael Eßfeld
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The Modal Nature of Structures in Ontic Structural Realism [PDF]
International Studies in the Philosophy of Science, 2009 Ontic structural realism is the view that structures are what is real in the first place in the domain of fundamental physics. The structures are usually conceived as including a primitive modality. However, it has not been spelled out as yet what exactly that modality amounts to.
Michael Eßfeld
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Emergence in Ontic Structural Realism
Profil, 2023 The paper outlines the understanding of emergence in Ontic Structural Realism of James Ladyman (and his co-author Ross). First, the notion of emergence is explored, surveying the various distinctions associated with it (ontological vs.
Petr Dvořák
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Madhyamaka and Ontic Structural Realism [PDF]
Asian Journal of PhilosophyAbstractI’ll argue that one particular argument of Nāgārjuna’s against causation in the Mūlamadhyamakakārikā deserves careful consideration from the perspective of contemporary western metaphysics. To show why this is the case, I’ll offer an interpretation of the key passages which differs from at least one popular reading. I’ll then aim to show that a
Toby Friend
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An ESR Framework for the Study of Consciousness [PDF]
Entropy, 2021 I will argue that, in an interdisciplinary study of consciousness, epistemic structural realism (ESR) can offer a feasible philosophical background for the study of consciousness and its associated neurophysiological phenomena in neuroscience and ...
Diana Stanciu
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The Hole Argument, Manifold Substantivalism, and Ontic Structural Realism [PDF]
Journal of Philosophical Investigations, 2021 The hole argument has become one of the main issues in the philosophy of space-time after the article by Earman and Norton (1987), according to which a certain version of substantivalism (manifold substantivalism) cannot be defended because it brings ...
Saeed Masoumi
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Ontic Structural Realism [PDF]
Philosophy Compass, 2017 Abstract Ontic structural realism (OSR) is at its core the view that “structure is ontologically fundamental.” Informed from its inception by the scientific revolutions that punctuated the 20th century, its advocates often present the position as the perspective on ontology best befitting of modern physics. But the idea that structure
Kerry McKenzie
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Reconciling Ontic Structural Realism and Ontological Emergence
Foundations of Science, 2022 info:eu-repo/semantics ...
John Symons +2 more
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