Structural Distinctions. Entities, structures and changes in science.
Cei, Angelo (2004) Structural Distinctions. Entities, structures and changes in science. . In [2004] Philosophy of Science Assoc. 19th Biennial Meeting - PSA2004: Contributed Papers (Austin, TX; 2004): PSA 2004 Contributed Papers.
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Abstract
Abstract. I argue that pessimistic meta-induction (PMI) seems to point an ontological priority of the relations over the objects of the scientific theories of the kind suggested by French and Ladyman (French and Ladyman 2003). My strategy will involve a critical examination of epistemic structural realism (ESR) and historical case-study: the prediction of Zeeman’s effect in Lorentz’s theory of electron.
| Keywords: | scientific realism; ontic structural realism; changes in science; Lorentz theory of electron; Zeeman effect; |
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| Subjects: | General Issues: Structure of Theories General Issues: History of Science Case Studies General Issues: Realism/Anti-realism |
| Conferences and Volumes: | [2004] Philosophy of Science Assoc. 19th Biennial Meeting - PSA2004: Contributed Papers (Austin, TX; 2004): PSA 2004 Contributed Papers |
| ID Code: | 1949 |
| Deposited By: | Cei, Angelo |
| Deposited On: | 15 September 2004 |