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Broken structuralism

Psillos, Stathis (2015) Broken structuralism. [Preprint]

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Abstract

This essay offers a critical review of
Steven French's The Structure of the World: Metaphysics & Representation (OUP, 2014). I challenge some of the reasons that French adduces against ‘thick’ objects as well as his conception of laws—which I think is problematic.


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Item Type: Preprint
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Psillos, Stathispsillos@phs.uoa.gr
Keywords: structuralism, structure, Laws, objects, Cassirer, properties, realism
Subjects: General Issues > Laws of Nature
General Issues > Realism/Anti-realism
Depositing User: Stathis Psillos
Date Deposited: 30 Sep 2015 12:32
Last Modified: 30 Sep 2015 12:32
Item ID: 11697
Subjects: General Issues > Laws of Nature
General Issues > Realism/Anti-realism
Date: 29 September 2015
URI: https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/11697

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