Saatsi, Juha (2008) Whence Ontological Structural Realism? In: UNSPECIFIED.

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'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.

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Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (UNSPECIFIED)
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID Saatsi, Juha
Keywords:	Scientific realism; Structural realism; Ontological structural realism; Metaphysical Underdetermination
Subjects:	General Issues > Realism/Anti-realism
Depositing User:	Juha Saatsi
Date Deposited:	11 May 2008
Last Modified:	07 Oct 2010 15:16
Item ID:	4016
Subjects:	General Issues > Realism/Anti-realism
Date:	2008
URI:	https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/4016

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