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Showing 1 to 13 of 13 for “"Structural realism"”.
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Withdrawing Empire: A Test of Structural Realism and Neoclassical Realism to Explain the Withdrawal of US Military Presence
… two major International Relations theories, Structural Realism and Neoclassical Realism. I provide two hypotheses based on each theory in the cases of Vietnam, Panama and Uzbekistan. Structural Realism is heavily based on behavior being influenced by capabilities and the pursuit of security …
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Scientific Realism and the Periodic Table of Chemical Elements
… by Mendeleev. Yet, most versions of scientific realism are based upon the understanding that theories are some collection of written propositions or equations. The table as an image successfully functions very much like a theory: it is an organization of known facts, has been used to make …
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Asymmetric Strategies and Asymmetric Threats: A Structural-realist Critique of Drone Strikes in Pakistan, 2004-2014
… armed conflict aligns with the theory of neo- or structural realism developed by Kenneth Waltz. And yet although 9/11 served as the impetus for the U.S. to refocus attention on ameliorating the threat of terrorism and to initiate far-reaching measures to protect homeland security, there remains …
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Why states cooperate: international environmental issues
… three of the dominant perspectives: conventional structural realism, modified structural realism, and the Grotian perspective (also often referred to as the Global Commons perspective). The goal of this paper is to analyze the rise of regimes to manage international environmental issues in light …
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Patternhood, Correlation, and Generality: Foundations of a Peircean Theory of Patterns
… 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 not …
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Chiffchaffs chirp and cherries are real: a scientifically informed defence of wholehearted emergentism
… the metaphysical and causal claims of structuralist accounts of metaphysical emergence. The set has three elements: (A) structural realism, (B) structural causation, and (C) the condition of downward percolation.
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What's the Matter? Toward a Neo-Aristotelian Ontology of Nature
… 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 model, …
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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 it may …
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Diversity, variability and persistence elements for a non-equilibrium theory of eco-evolutionary dynamics
… theoretical ecology. Under the framework of structural realism, the present dissertation project has advocated for the strategy of mathematical modeling as a strategy of abstraction. The goal is to explore if a range of natural ecosystems display the features of complex systems, and evaluate …
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Developing and utilising a realist-constructivist analytical framework towards understanding the European Union’s Common Security and Defence Policy
… system. Inspired by readings of classical realism, this thesis recognises that whilst structural realism provides theoretical parsimony and elegance in its appreciation for the role of power within the international system, it lacks the necessary analytical toolkit to understand how states …
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The Fertility of Theories
… and perhaps the sole argument for Scientific Realism. His argument involves two strands (i) theories must be considered diachronically and it is an historical fact that long standing successful scientific theories are P-fertile, and (ii) the correct explanation of this fact is that these …
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Ghana’s Shift from Non-Alignment to Alignment: A Comparative Case Study of Foreign Policy Under Geopolitical Pressures
<p>With the geopolitical landscape experiencing significant dynamic shifts, the rise of global powers like China and Russia is putting pressure on non-aligned countries to adjust to the new realities. This thesis examines the evolving nature of Ghana’s foreign policy from non-alignment to alignment …