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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Keywords: | structuralism, structure, Laws, objects, Cassirer, properties, realism | ||||||
Subjects: | General Issues > Laws of Nature General Issues > Realism/Anti-realism |
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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 |
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Date: | 29 September 2015 | ||||||
URI: | https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/11697 |
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