Lyre, Holger (2009) Is Structural Underdetermination Possible? In: UNSPECIFIED.
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Abstract
Structural realism is sometimes said to undermine the theory underdetermination (TUD) argument against realism, since, in usual TUD scenarios, the supposed underdetermination concerns the object-like theoretical content but not the structural content. The paper explores the possibility of structural TUD by considering some special cases from modern physics, but also questions the validity of the TUD argument itself. The upshot is that cases of structural TUD cannot be excluded, but that TUD is perhaps not such a terribly serious anti-realistic argument.
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| Keywords: | structural realism, theory underdetermination, theories of gravity, mathematical overdetermination | ||||||
| Subjects: | General Issues > Structure of Theories General Issues > Realism/Anti-realism |
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| Depositing User: | Holger Lyre | ||||||
| Date Deposited: | 08 Mar 2009 | ||||||
| Last Modified: | 07 Oct 2010 15:17 | ||||||
| Item ID: | 4495 | ||||||
| Subjects: | General Issues > Structure of Theories General Issues > Realism/Anti-realism |
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| Date: | March 2009 | ||||||
| URI: | https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/4495 |
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