El realismo estructural a debate: matemáticas, ontología y representación
Keywords:
Structural realism, Retention of mathematical structure, Structure/ontology distinction, Scientific representation,
Abstract
The aim of this paper is to undermine structural realism by testing the soundness of its three main theses. The first section presents the epistemic and ontic forms of structural realism. The following section defends that if scientific theories represent the structure of the world, structural realism needs a general account of representation. Representation is the crux of structural realism. Section 3 argues that structure/ontology distinction collapses. Mathematical structures are ontologyladen. Lastly, section 4 is devoted to analyse whether there is a retention of mathematical structure across theory change.Downloads
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2009-03-17
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Madrid Casado C. M. . (2009). El realismo estructural a debate: matemáticas, ontología y representación. Revista de Filosofía , 33(2), 49-66. https://revistas.ucm.es/index.php/RESF/article/view/RESF0808220049A
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