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Difference and structure: deleuze and ontic structural realism
2022A branch of the interpretative literature on the work of the philosopher Gilles Deleuze is more or less dedicated to emphasizing his engagements with mathematics and the sciences and to presenting his thought to an audience of philosophers of science working in the analytic tradition. Such scholarship, however, generally fails to connect Deleuze to the
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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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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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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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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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Ontological Priority: The Conceptual Basis of Non-eliminative, Ontic Structural Realism
2011The number of positions identified with structural realism in philosophical debates about scientific knowledge has grown significantly in the past decade, particularly with respect to the metaphysical or “ontic” approach (OSR). In recent years, several advocates of OSR have proposed a novel understanding of it in order to side-step a serious challenge ...
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Identity Without Objects: Ontic Structural Realism and the Dynamics of Structural Individuation
Ontic Structural Realism (OSR) proposes a radical reconception of metaphysical ontology: not as a theory of objects and their intrinsic properties, but as a framework grounded in re-lational structure. This paper defends a dynamic and moderate version of OSR, arguing that metaphysical individuation is not fundamental but emerges from invariant ...openaire +1 more source
Ontic Structural Realism, Buddhist Metaphysics, and the Self in Psychedelic Psychotherapy
Philosophy, Psychiatry, & PsychologyAbstract: This paper examines recent empirical research on the psychedelic experience and makes sense of the current literature in terms of ontic structural realism, a position in the metaphysics of science which holds that relations are fundamental.
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