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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
McKenzie, Kerry
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Generalism and the Metaphysics of Ontic Structural Realism [PDF]
The British 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
Glick, David
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Is There a Compelling Argument for Ontic Structural Realism? [PDF]
Philosophy of Science, 2011 Structural realism first emerged as an epistemological thesis aimed to avoid the so-called pessimistic metainduction on the history of science. Some authors, however, have suggested that the preservation of structure across theory change is best explained by endorsing the metaphysical thesis that structure is all there is.
Morganti, Matteo
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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.
Esfeld, Michael
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Possible physical universes [PDF]
Zagadnienia Filozoficzne w Nauce, 2005 The purpose of this paper is to discuss the various types of physical universe which could exist according to modern mathematical physics. The paper begins with an introduction that approaches the question from the viewpoint of ontic structural realism ...
Gordon McCabe
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Minimal Information Structural Realism [PDF]
Zagadnienia Filozoficzne w Nauce, 2017 This paper presents Minimal Information Structural Realism (MISR), that claims that information (signified by I) is an ontologically and epistemologically objective entity (signified by R) and is apprehended as, but not identical to structures perceived ...
Roman Krzanowski
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Topics in Cognitive Science, EarlyView., 2023 Abstract Representational drift is a phenomenon of increasing interest in the cognitive and neural sciences. While investigations are ongoing for other sensory cortices, recent research has demonstrated the pervasiveness in which it occurs in the piriform cortex for olfaction.
Ann‐Sophie Barwich +1 more
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Reconciling Ontic Structural Realism and Ontological Emergence
Foundations of Science, 2022 info:eu-repo/semantics ...
João L. Cordovil +2 more
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Towards an objectless ontology: A defence of ontic structural realism at the methodological level
Filosofia Unisinos, 2013 In the context of contemporary debates on scientific realism, structural realism(SR), explicitly introduced by John Worrall (1989), has shown to be one of the most vigorous philosophical proposals.
Bruno José Borge
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No Categorial Support for Radical Ontic Structural Realism [PDF]
The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science, 2015 22 ...
Lam, Vincent, Wüthrich, Christian
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