Whence Ontological Structural Realism?
Saatsi, Juha (2008) Whence Ontological Structural Realism?. In [2007] EPSA07: 1st Conference of the European Philosophy of Science Association (Madrid, 15-17 November, 2007).
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Abstract
'Structural realism' is a buzzword in the scientific realism debate. Various positions with diverse motivations fall under this label. A much advertised distinction is between epistemic and ontological forms of structuralism. This paper scrutinizes the alleged dichotomy between these two 'alternatives', and criticises the considerations that have been taken to motivate the ontic variety over the epistemic. I will argue that ontological structural realism is not called for within the traditional realism debate.
| Keywords: | Scientific realism; Structural realism; Ontological structural realism; Metaphysical Underdetermination |
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| Subjects: | General Issues: Realism/Anti-realism |
| Conferences and Volumes: | [2007] EPSA07: 1st Conference of the European Philosophy of Science Association (Madrid, 15-17 November, 2007) |
| ID Code: | 4016 |
| Deposited By: | Saatsi, Juha |
| Deposited On: | 11 May 2008 |