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Structuralism and Scientific Realism
1983(0.0) Professor Stegmuller’ part in developing the so-called “structuralist view” of empirical theories is well known. It has been my privilege and pleasure to be associated with him in this enterprise. My contribution to this volume honoring Professor Stegmuller is an attempt to illuminate some rather general philosophical issues that have been raised
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Reconsidering Structural Realism
Canadian Journal of Philosophy, 2003In the lengthy debate over the question of scientific realism one of the least discussed positions is structural realism. However, this position ought to attract critical attention because it purports to preserve the central insights of the best arguments for both realism and anti-realism.
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Mathematical Structural Realism
2010Unrestricted or global scientific realism is the view that we should take seriously the whole content of empirically successful scientific theories. This attitude requires us to believe that the theoretical claims of the theory are true, or approximately true, and that scientific progress consists in increasing the scope and accuracy of these theories.
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Miracles and Structural Realism
2011Structural realism claims to be the ‘best of both worlds’ by reconciling the two main considerations in the scientific realism debate–the No Miracles Argument (NMA) and the Pessimistic Induction (PI)–which had initially seemed to pull in opposite directions.
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Perspectives on Structural Realism
2003Foreword S.M.Walt Introduction A.K.Hanami Neorealism and Game Theory R.Powell Integrated Realism and Hegemonic Military Intervention in Unipolarity B.Miller From Balance of Power to Balancing Behavior: The Long and Winding Road S.B.Martin The Security Dilemma and Ethnic Conflict B.Posen An Essay on Realism and Foreign Policy S.Telhami Structural ...
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Structural Realism and Interconnectivity
2003As a theory, now decades old, it has been said that structural realism has run its course in explanations of international relations in the post—Cold War era. Presumably this is because since the end of the Cold War, there is now as expected the long-term absence of a major war between the major states.
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This chapter examines why states pursue power from the perspective of structural realism. It considers a body of realist theories that argue that states have deep concern for the balance of power and compete among themselves either to gain power at the expense of others or at least to make sure they do not lose power.
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