The Structure, the Whole Structure, and Nothing but the Structure
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10705009 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Stathis Psillo (0000-0002-2910-5098, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, corresponding author), Stathis Psillos |
| Year | 2006 |
| Volume | 73 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 560-570 |
| Publication date | 2006-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Philosophy of Science (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0031-8248 • E-ISSN: 1539-767X |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1086/518326 |
| OpenAlex | W1988582937 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 23 |
| References cited | 10 |
This paper is structured around the three elements of the title. Section 2 claims that (a) structures need objects and (b) scientific structuralism should focus on in re structures. Therefore, pure structuralism is undermined. Section 3 discusses whether the world has ‘excess structure’ over the structure of appearances. The main point is that the claim that only structure can be known is false. Finally, Section 4 argues directly against ontic structural realism that it lacks the resources to accommodate causation within its structuralist slogan
Causation · Epistemology · Focus (optics) · Nothing · Ontic · Physics · Political science · Realism · Section (typography) · Slogan · Sociology · Structuralism (philosophy of science) · Computer Science · Law · Philosophy · Philosophy and History of Science · Philosophy and Theoretical Science · Philosophy, Science, and History
What is ontic structural realism
Scientific representation
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Reconsidering the Dispositional Essentialist Canon
Shifting to structures in physics and biology
The physical world as a blob
Invariance, Structure, Measurement – Eino Kaila and the History of Logical Empiricism
A defence of informational structural realism
Realism about Structure
Realismo estructural óntico y modalidad
Constructivist Set-Theoretic Analysis
Particles, causation, and the metaphysics of structure
Pluralist structural realism
Symmetric and asymmetric theories of time
The interdependence of structure, objects and dependence
Fresnel's laws, ceteris paribus
Scientific Realism
Representation
Group Structural Realism
Generalism and the Metaphysics of Ontic Structural Realism
Risk, Reward, and Scientific Ontology
Structuralism in the philosophy of physics
Scientific Ontology
| Unique citing works | 23 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,15 |
| Citation span | 2006 - 2023 (18) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 22 |