The Upward Path to Structural Realism

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ID10706867
AutoresIoannis Votsis (0000-0002-1549-7852, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, autor de correspondencia)
Año2005
Volumen72
Número5
Páginas1361-1372
Fecha de publicación2005-12-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaPhilosophy of Science (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0031-8248 • E-ISSN: 1539-767X
EditorialCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1086/508974
OpenAlexW2031533123
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas2
Referencias citadas10

In a recent PSA paper (2001a), as well as some other papers (1995, 2000, 2001b) and a book chapter (1999, Chapter 7), Stathis Psillos raised a number of objections against structural realism. The aim of this paper is threefold: (1) to evaluate part of Psillos’ offence on the Russellian version of epistemic structural realism (ESR); (2) to elaborate more fully what Russellian ESR involves; and (3) to suggest improvements where it is indeed failing

Critical realism (philosophy of perception) · Direct and indirect realism · Epistemology · Moral realism · Path (computing) · Realism · Scientific realism · Sociology · Computer Science · Philosophy · Philosophy and History of Science · Philosophy and Theoretical Science · Philosophy, Science, and History