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Showing 1 to 3 of 3 for “"Ontic Structural Realism"”.
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Patternhood, Correlation, and Generality: Foundations of a Peircean Theory of Patterns
… of the theory is motivated by a discussion of Ontic Structural Realism (OSR), a theory that has recently been gaining attention in analytic philosophy of science, especially in philosophy of physics. The central claim of OSR is that only patterns (structures) are real; individual objects are …
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What's the Matter? Toward a Neo-Aristotelian Ontology of Nature
… ontology approach’ to quantum mechanics with ontic structural realism (Chapter 4). According to Super-Humeans, the world is made of matter points constituted by distance relations. I raise three objections to its structuralist conception of matter. I then propose an alternative semi-Humean …
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Groundwork and Principles for Applied Conservatism
… Through these surveys, Ladyman and Ross’ ontic structural realism is proposed as a bridge- builder between religious and non-religious conservatives. Epistemic conservatism is argued to be necessary for all non-circular epistemic inquiry, with responses suggested to Littlejohn’s concerns …