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Underdetermination and Ontic Structural Realism [PDF]

open access: yesJournal 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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Emergence in Ontic Structural Realism

open access: yesProfil, 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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An ESR Framework for the Study of Consciousness [PDF]

open access: yesEntropy, 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 Modal Nature of Structures in Ontic Structural Realism [PDF]

open access: yesInternational 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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Ontic Structural Realism [PDF]

open access: yesPhilosophy 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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The Hole Argument, Manifold Substantivalism, and Ontic Structural Realism [PDF]

open access: yesJournal 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 as a Metaphysics of Objects [PDF]

open access: yesBoston 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.
Michael Eßfeld   +2 more
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Ontic structural realism and the interpretation of quantum mechanics [PDF]

open access: yesEuropean Journal for Philosophy of Science, 2012
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Michael Eßfeld, Eßfeld Michael
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Reconciling Ontic Structural Realism and Ontological Emergence

open access: yesFoundations of Science, 2022
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João L Cordovil   +2 more
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Generalism and the Metaphysics of Ontic Structural Realism [PDF]

open access: yesBritish Journal for the Philosophy of Science, 2020
Ontic structural realism (OSR) claims that all there is to the world is structure. But how can this slogan be turned into a worked-out metaphysics? Here I consider one potential answer: a metaphysical framework known as generalism (Dasgupta, 2009, 2016). According to the generalist, the most fundamental description of the world is not given in terms of
David Glick
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