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Is Mathematics the Theory of Instantiated Structural Universals? [PDF]
, 2013 This paper rejects metaphysical realism about structural universals as a basis for mathematical realism about numbers, and argues that one construal of structural universals via non-well-founded sets should be resisted by the mathematical ...
Christian S. Hardtke (171814) +4 more
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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.
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The Hole Argument, Manifold Substantivalism, and Ontic Structural Realism [PDF]
Journal of Philosophical Investigations, 2021 The hole argument has become one of the main issues in the philosophy of space-time after the article by Earman and Norton (1987), according to which a certain version of substantivalism (manifold substantivalism) cannot be defended because it brings ...
Saeed Masoumi
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Studia Philosophiae Christianae, 2021 This paper considers and aims to advance the discussion on the reconciliation of scientific realism with the pessimistic induction argument. It presents a novel argument in favour of scientific realism based on the correspondence relationship between ...
Janina Buczkowska
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Integrating Structural Context into the Assessment of Political Leadership: Realism, Gordon Brown and the Great Financial Crisis [PDF]
, 2014 How should we assess the performance of political leaders? As many scholars note, it is important to take into account the structural context politicians govern when appraising their record in office.
Buller, Jim, James, Toby
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Realism vs. Neoliberalism and Constructivism: Main Points of Debate
Vestnik MGIMO-Universiteta, 2015 : Following the collapse of the bipolar world realist approaches were placed under close scrutiny by neoliberals and constructivists. The legacy of the realist school actually became an object of numerous attacks, which were undertaken to demonstrate its
Yury V. Borovsky, Pavel A. Gvozdev
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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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The Ontology of Quantum Field Theory: Structural Realism Vindicated? [PDF]
, 2016 In this paper I elicit a prediction from structural realism and compare it, not to a historical case, but to a contemporary scientific theory. If structural realism is correct, then we should expect physics to develop theories that fail to provide an ...
Glick, David
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Operational theories as structural realism
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.
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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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