Scientific structuralism

Scientific structuralism

by Bokulich, Alisa Bokulich, Peter Joshua Martin

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Recently there has been a revival of interest in structuralist approaches to science. Taking their lead from scientific structuralists such as Henri Poincare, Ernst Cassirer, and Bertrand Russell, some contemporary philosophers and scientists have argued that the most fruitful approach to solving many problems in the philosophy of science lies in focusing on the structural features of our scientific theories. Much of the work in scientific structuralism to date has been focused on the problem o…

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  • Full title :Scientific structuralism / Peter Bokulich, Alisa Bokulich, editors.

Summary

Recently there has been a revival of interest in structuralist approaches to science. Taking their lead from scientific structuralists such as Henri Poincare, Ernst Cassirer, and Bertrand Russell, some contemporary philosophers and scientists have argued that the most fruitful approach to solving many problems in the philosophy of science lies in focusing on the structural features of our scientific theories. Much of the work in scientific structuralism to date has been focused on the problem of scientific realism, where it has been argued that even in cases of radical theory change the most i.

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:©2011.

Publication Statements

  • Publisher(s):Springer
  • Place of Publication:Dordrecht
  • Language:eng
  • Publication Date:©2011.

The Physical Object

  • Description:1 online resource (xvii, 182 pages)

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9048195969, 9789048195961, 9048195977, 9789048195978
  • DOI:10.1007/978-90-481-9597-8
  • oclc:ocn704393889
  • LC Classification:Q175.32.S78
  • Dewey Decimal:501 d2 22

Table of Contents

Structural realism: a neo-Kantian perspective / Michela Massimi -- In defence of ontic structural realism / Steven French and James Ladyman -- Structuralist approaches to physics: objects, models and modality / Katherine Brading -- Mathematical structural realism / Christopher Pincock -- Structural empiricism, again / Otavio Bueno -- Structural realism, continuity and its limits / Ioannis Votsis -- Structuralism about scientific representation / Martin Thomson-Jones -- Ontic structural realism as a metaphysics of objects / Michael Esfeld and Vincent Lam -- Scientific explanation and scientific structuralism / Mauro Dorato and Laura Felline.

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Subjects

Droit Science -- Philosophy Sciences humaines Sciences sociales Structuralism Structuralisme structures (single built works) structures (structural elements)

Writers

Bokulich, Alisa Bokulich, Peter Joshua Martin

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