The Upward Path to Structural Realism
Votsis, Ioannis (2004) The Upward Path to Structural Realism. In [2004] Philosophy of Science Assoc. 19th Biennial Meeting - PSA2004: Contributed Papers (Austin, TX; 2004): PSA 2004 Contributed Papers.
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Abstract
In a recent PSA paper (2001a) as well as some other papers ((1995), (2000), (2001b)) and a book chapter (1999, ch. 7), Stathis Psillos raised a number of objections against structural realism. The aim of this paper is threefold: 1) to evaluate part of Psillos' offence on the Russellian version of epistemic structural realism (ESR for short), 2) to elaborate more fully what Russellian ESR involves, and 3) to suggest improvements where it is indeed failing.
| Keywords: | structural realism, stathis psillos, bertrand russell |
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| Subjects: | General Issues: Structure of Theories General Issues: Causation 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: | 2186 |
| Deposited By: | Votsis, Ioannis |
| Deposited On: | 03 Febuary 2005 |