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Operational Theories as Structural Realism [PDF]
Studies in History and Philosophy of Science, 2022 We undertake a reconstruction of the epistemic significance of research on operational theories in quantum foundations. We suggest that the space of operational theories is analogous to the space of possible worlds employed in the possible world semantics for modal logic, so research of this sort can be understood as probing modal structure.
Emily Adlam
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Ramseyfication and structural realism
Theoria, 2010 The Ramsey-sentence H* of any hypothesis H is shown to be a synthetic proposition containing mathematics as a finite component. Far from being quasi-tautological, H* proves to have as much physical content as H itself.
Elie G. ZAHAR
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Structural realism versus deployment realism: A comparative evaluation [PDF]
Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part A, 2016 In this paper I challenge and adjudicate between the two positions that have come to prominence in the scientific realism debate: deployment realism and structural realism. I discuss a set of cases from the history of celestial mechanics, including some of the most important successes in the history of science. To the surprise of the deployment realist,
Timothy D. Lyons
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Ontic Structural Realism [PDF]
Philosophy Compass, 2017 AbstractOntic 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 is fundamental has
Kerry McKenzie
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HOLISM AND STRUCTURAL REALISM [PDF]
Worldviews, Science and Us: Studies of Analytical Metaphysics, 2009 We first introduce structural realism as a position in the metaphysics of science, pointing out the way in which this position replaces intrinsic properties with relations so that it amounts to a holistic in contrast to an atomistic metaphysics. We argue in favour of a moderate version of structural realism that puts objects and relations on the same ...
Michaël Esfeld, Vincent Lam
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Structural realism, classical realism and human nature [PDF]
International Relations, 2010 Kenneth Waltz's Theory of International Politics is a modern classic, and deserves to be read the way classic texts ought to be read, i.e. in context and in its own terms. Recovering the context in this case is difficult because of the changes in the discourse since 1979, but one difference between the contemporary and the current reception of the ...
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Structures and Structural Realism [PDF]
Logic Journal of the IGPL, 2005 Summary: The `ontic' form of structural realism (OSR), roughly speaking, admits a complete elimination of the objects in the discourse of scientific theories, leaving us with structures only. As put by the defenders of such a claim, the idea is that all there is are structures and, if the relevant structures are to be set-theoretical constructs ...
Décio Krause
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Two Dogmas of Structural Realism. A Confirmation of a Philosophical Death Foretold
Crítica, 2019 Twenty years ago John Worrall offered an alleged non-standard viable form of scientific realism under the name structural realism. Structural realism was supposed to be both an alternative to standard scientific realism and viable form of realism.
Andrés Rivadulla
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Structural Realism, again [PDF]
Synthese, 2003 The paper defends a view of structural realism similar to that of French and Ladyman, although it differs from theirs in an important respect: I do not take indistinguishabiity of particles in quantum mechanics to have the significance they think it has.
Simon Saunders
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Shades of Structural Realism in Post-classical Islamic Thought [PDF]
Theology and Science, 2023 What does Islamic theology have to say about the philosophy of science? The writings of post-classical Muslim thinkers offer a wealth of understudied material relevant to conceptualizing the ontological status, scope, and character of scientific inquiry ...
Nauman Khan
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