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In Defence of Ontic Structural Realism
2010In this paper we clarify how ‘epistemic’ (ESR) and ‘ontic’ structural realism (OSR) should be understood and reply to some important criticisms of the latter. We shall begin with an outline of the historical origins of what might broadly be called the ‘structuralist tendency’ within philosophy of science.
Ladyman, James A C, French, Steven
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The universal theory of structure: a fundamental ontology for ontic structural realism
SynthÈseColin Hamlin
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Ontic Structural Realism and the Principle of the Identity of Indiscernibles
Erkenntnis, 2011zbMATH Open Web Interface contents unavailable due to conflicting licenses.
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Against Ontic Structural Realism [PDF]
, 2012 This paper is about so-called ontic structural realism. An argument in favour of this metaphysically radical form of scientific realism is reconstructed on the basis of the existing literature, and its premises are critically assessed. It is concluded that ontic structural realism does not, as things stand, constitute a compelling position.
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Thomist vs. Scotist Perspectives on Ontic Structural Realism
International Philosophical Quarterly, 2020Structural realism has re-emerged as part of the debate between scientific realism and antirealism. Since then it has branched into several different versions, notably epistemic structural realism and ontic structural realism. The latter theory (which itself has now divided into competing formulations) is still an important perspective in the realism ...
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Effective Ontic Structural Realism
The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science, 2023Lorenzetti, Lorenzo, Ladyman, James
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Pragmatic foundations of ontic structural realism
2021This thesis defends Epistemic Structural Realism (ESR) against both Ontic Structural Realism (OSR) and Traditional Scientific Realism (TSR). It is argued that TSR cannot properly explain what actually happens throughout radical theory changes in science; in the sense that a plausible version of Scientific Realism should, somehow, satisfy Scientific ...
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