Ruyant, Quentin (2025) Extracting Ontological Commitments from Experimental Practice. [Preprint]
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In opposition to traditional approaches in metaphysics of science, Entity Realism proposes to extract ontological commitments from experimental practice instead of abstract theories, using an inference from manipulability to existence that would be continuous with everyday inferences regarding ordinary objects. A problem is that most accounts of ordinary artefacts make them mind-dependent or language-dependent, and so not real by philosophical standards. Furthermore, the functional kinds of biology and chemistry are not necessarily compatible with mind-independence either. It follows that Entity Realism is better understood within a pragmatist or deflationary alternative to standard metaphysics. The approach is beneficial for responding to sceptical arguments.
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| Keywords: | Entity realism Artefacts Ordinary objects | ||||||
| Subjects: | General Issues > Scientific Metaphysics General Issues > Experimentation General Issues > Laws of Nature General Issues > Models and Idealization General Issues > Natural Kinds General Issues > Realism/Anti-realism General Issues > Theory/Observation |
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| Depositing User: | Mr. Quentin Ruyant | ||||||
| Date Deposited: | 04 Jun 2025 13:15 | ||||||
| Last Modified: | 04 Jun 2025 13:15 | ||||||
| Item ID: | 25555 | ||||||
| Subjects: | General Issues > Scientific Metaphysics General Issues > Experimentation General Issues > Laws of Nature General Issues > Models and Idealization General Issues > Natural Kinds General Issues > Realism/Anti-realism General Issues > Theory/Observation |
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| Date: | 2025 | ||||||
| URI: | https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/25555 |
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