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Grounds and Structural Realism: A Possible Metaphysical Framework [PDF]

, 2017
This article discusses the proposal of accommodating grounding theories and structural realism, with the aim to provide a metaphysical framework for structural realism.
Savu, Bianca-Alexandra
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‘Theological Metaphysics’ and the Christological Determination of the Principle of Analogy: A Response to John Betz's Christ, the Logos of Creation

International Journal of Systematic Theology, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper is a response to John Betz's book, Christ, the Logos of Creation: An Essay in Analogical Metaphysics (Emmaus Academic, 2023). The essay confines itself to answering two methodological questions, namely: Does Przywara's approach to analogy indeed represent the basic form (‘Denkform’) that analogy has ‘always assumed’ in Catholic ...
Archie J. Spencer
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The Structural Metaphysics of Quantum Theory and General Relativity [PDF]

, 2018
The paper compares ontic structural realism in quantum physics with ontic structural realism about space-time. We contend that both quantum theory and general relativity theory support a common, contentful metaphysics of ontic structural realism.
Esfeld, Michael, Lam, Vincent
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On the Naturalistic Grounds of Grounding

Ratio, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper examines whether grounding can be naturalized. We adopt a tripartite framework—Ocat (scientific catalogue of existents), Otyp (ontological types), and metaphysics (natures/modal profiles)—and show that classifying as such the relata of putative grounding claims forces a dilemma.
Raoni Arroyo, Jonas R. Becker Arenhart
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Realism and Objectivism in Quantum Mechanics [PDF]

, 2012
The present study attempts to provide a consistent and coherent account of what the world could be like, given the conceptual framework and results of contemporary quantum theory. It is suggested that standard quantum mechanics can, and indeed should, be
A Aspect, A Cabello, A Fine, A Shimony, B d’Espagnat, BC Fraassen Van, C Rovelli, D Bohm, D Greenberger, D Howard, E Scheibe, G Auletta, G Hofer-Szabó, G Kirchmair, H Margenau, H Primas, H Primas, H Putnam, J Blank, J Butterfield, KR Popper, M Dalla Chiara, M Esfeld, N Bohr, N Gisin, N Landsman, ND Mermin, ND Mernin, S French, S French, S Gröblacher, S Kochen, S Popescu, S Psillos, T Nagel, V Fock, V Karakostas, V Karakostas, V Karakostas, V Karakostas, Vassilios Karakostas, W Heisenberg, W Tittel, Y Hasegawa   +43 more
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PSR, Modal Collapse, and Open Future in Ibn Sīnā's Philosophy

Theoria, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT It has been contended that the Principle of Sufficient Reason (PSR) implies necessitarianism—that is, the view that everything occurs out of necessity. Discussing a well‐known argument for this claim developed by contemporary metaphysicians, I show that Ibn Sīnā has anticipated a counterpart of this argument, and that is precisely why he is ...
Mohammad Saleh Zarepour
wiley   +1 more source

Ontic Structural Realism and Economics

Philosophy of Science, 2008
Ontic structural realism (OSR) is crucially motivated by empirical discoveries of fundamental physics. To this extent its potential to furnish a general metaphysics for science may appear limited. However, OSR also provides a good account of the progress that has been achieved over the decades in a formalized special science, economics.
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From ontic structural realism to metaphysical coherentism [PDF]

European Journal for Philosophy of Science, 2018
The present paper argues that the typical structuralist claims according to which invariances, symmetries and the like are fundamental – especially in physics – should not be understood in terms of physical relations being fundamental. Rather, they should be understood in terms of ‘metaphysical coherentism’ - the idea that object-like parts of reality ...
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Ontic Structural Realism and the Case of the Missing Kantian Residue

Análisis Filosófico
As the name suggests, Ontic Structural Realism (OSR) entails the claim that structure is all there is. However, several critics have argued that OSR’s ontology is incomplete.
Ragnar Van der Merwe
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Ontic Structural Realism and Natural Necessity [PDF]

, 2015
J. Ladyman (1998-2009), Ladyman and Ross (2007) refine J. Worral's (1998) structural realism (SR), by developing an ontic structural realism (OSR) which they argue is a consistently naturalistic means of characterizing the ontology of fundamental physics.
Kallfelz, William
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