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Group Structural Realism [PDF]
The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science, 2011 We present a precise form of structural realism, called group structural realism, which identifies 'structure' in quantum theory with symmetry groups. However, working out the details of this view actually illuminates a major problem for structural realism; namely, a structure can itself have structure.
Roberts, Bryan W., Bryan W. Roberts
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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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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 ...
Esfeld, Michael, Lam, Vincent
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Realizm strukturalny a problem reprezentacji w nauce w kontekście sporu o realizm naukowy
Studia Philosophiae Christianae, 2020 The aim of this article is to present structural realism as a realistic position in the discussion around scientific realism – its selected advantages and weaknesses.
Janina Buczkowska
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FROM SCIENTIFIC STRUCTURALISM TO TRANSCENDENTAL STRUCTURALISM [PDF]
Kriterion, 2016 In the current debate between scientific realism and empiricism, both sides seem to embrace some sort of structuralism as an important component of their descriptions of science.
Patricia Kauark-Leite +1 more
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The Explanatory Power of Structural Realism in the 21st Century: the Eastern Partnership, Russian Expansionism and the War in Ukraine [PDF]
Polish Political Science Yearbook, 2017 While the scope of the paper is to assess the actions undertaken by the European Union towards the FSU-CIS (the former Soviet Union, Commonwealth of Independent States) which was manifested through the Eastern Partnership Initiative in the years 2008 ...
Maciej Herbut, Renata Kunert-Milcarz
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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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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 ...
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Is There a Compelling Argument for Ontic Structural Realism? [PDF]
, 2011 Structural realism first emerged as an epistemological thesis aimed to avoid the so-called pessimistic meta-induction on the history of science. Some authors, however, suggested that the preservation of structure across theory-change is best explained by
Morganti, Matteo
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In the Dragon’s Tight Embrace? A Neo-Gramscian Perspective on Malaysia’s Foreign Policy towards China [PDF]
Contemporary Chinese Political Economy and Strategic Relations: An International Journal, 2021 Existing literature on Malaysia-China relations have conveniently relied more on external and geopolitical variables, where hedging is perceived as the only viable foreign policy (FP) within the context of the rise of China and corresponding security ...
Khadijah Md Khalid +1 more
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