The Structuralist Conception of Objects
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10705329 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Anjan Chakravartty (0000-0002-5097-2217, University of Toronto, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2003 |
| Volume | 70 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 867-878 |
| Publication date | 2003-12-01 |
| 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 | 10.1086/377373 |
| OpenAlex | W2126493571 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 29 |
| References cited | 9 |
This paper explores the consequences of the two most prominent forms of contemporary structural realism for the notion of objecthood. Epistemic structuralists hold that we can know structural aspects of reality, but nothing about the natures of unobservable relata whose relations define structures. Ontic structuralists hold that we can know structural aspects of reality, and that there is nothing else to know—objects are useful heuristic posits, but are ultimately ontologically dispensable. I argue that structuralism does not succeed in ridding a structuralist ontology of objects
Conflation · Epistemology · Nothing · Ontic · Ontology · Realism · Structuralism (philosophy of science) · Unobservable · Philosophy · Philosophy and History of Science · Philosophy and Theoretical Science · Philosophy, Science, and History
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| Unique citing works | 29 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,38 |
| Citation span | 2005 - 2024 (20) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 28 |